婦女能頂半邊天 fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiān

fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
  2. 2. Woman can hold up half the sky

Characters

Character Meaning
婦 fù
woman; old variant of 婦fù
女 nǚ HSK 1
female; woman; daughter
能 néng HSK 1
can; to be able to; ability
頂 dǐng
top; most; crown of the head
半 bàn HSK 3
half; (after a number) and a half; semi-
邊 biān
side; edge; border
天 tiān HSK 1
day; sky; heaven