妇人之仁 fù rén zhī rén

DEFINITIONS

  1. excessive tendency to clemency (idiom)
  2. soft-hearted (pejorative)

CHARACTERS

妇 fù married women; woman; wife
人 rén man; people; mankind; someone else
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
仁 rén humaneness, benevolence, kindness