男人膝下有黃金 nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīn

a man should not kneel easily; male dignity

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing to pride or moral integrity)

Characters

Character Meaning
male
person; people; man
knee; old variant of
down; below; to go down
to have; there is; there are
yellow; surname Huang or Hwang; pornographic
gold; money; golden