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男怕入错行，女怕嫁错郎

nán pà rù cuò háng , nǚ pà jià cuò láng

11-character word Traditional 男怕入錯行，女怕嫁錯郎

What 男怕入错行，女怕嫁错郎 means

1. men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)

The characters in 男怕入错行，女怕嫁错郎

• 男nán(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
• 怕pàto be afraid; to fear; to dread
• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时
• 错cuòmistake; wrong; bad
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 女nǚfemale; woman; daughter
• 怕pàto be afraid; to fear; to dread
• 嫁jià(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
• 错cuòmistake; wrong; bad
• 郎láng(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status