女子無才便是德 nǚ zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé

a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
女 nǚ HSK 1
female; woman; daughter
子 zǐ HSK 1
(noun suffix); son; child
無 wú
not; no; not to have
才 cái HSK 3
(indicating sth happening later than expected)
便 biàn HSK 2
convenient; equivalent to 就jiù: then; even if
是 shì HSK 1
to be; is; are
德 dé HSK 5
Germany; abbr. for 德国dé guó; German