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妇人之仁

fù rén zhī rén

4-character word Traditional 婦人之仁

What 妇人之仁 means

1. excessive tendency to clemency (idiom)
2. soft-hearted (pejorative)

The characters in 妇人之仁

• 妇fùwoman
• 人rénperson; people
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 仁rénhumane; kernel

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