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大丈夫

dà zhàng fu

3-character word

What 大丈夫 means

1. a manly man
2. a man of character

The characters in 大丈夫

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 丈zhàngmeasure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker

Example sentences

• 在背后说别人坏话不是大丈夫所为。
  Zài bèihòu shuō biéren huàihuà bù shì dàzhàngfu suǒwéi.
  It is not manly to speak ill of others behind their backs.
• 富贵不能迷乱他的思想，贫贱不能改变他的操守，威武不能压服他的意志，这就是大丈夫的本分。
  Wealth could not muddle his thoughts, poverty could not change his integrity, force could not oppress his will, this is what it means to be a man.

Words containing 大丈夫

• 男子汉大丈夫nán zǐ hàn dà zhàng fu(colloquial) he-man