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男女授受不亲

nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn

6-character word Traditional 男女授受不親

What 男女授受不亲 means

1. men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)

The characters in 男女授受不亲

• 男nán(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
• 女nǚfemale; woman; daughter
• 授shòu(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• 受shòuto receive; to accept; to suffer
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative