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男尊女卑

nán zūn nǚ bēi

4-character word

What 男尊女卑 means

1. to regard men as superior to women (idiom)

The characters in 男尊女卑

• 男nán(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
• 尊zūnsenior; of a senior generation; to honor
• 女nǚfemale; woman; daughter
• 卑bēilow; base; vulgar

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