女大不中留 nǚ dà bù zhōng liú

when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
female; woman; daughter
big; large; great
not; no; (negative prefix)
in; within; middle
to stay; to remain; to keep