男女授受不亲 nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn

DEFINITIONS

  1. men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)

CHARACTERS

男 nán male, man; son; baron; surname
女 nǚ woman, girl; feminine; rad. 38
授 shòu give to, transmit; confer
受 shòu receive, accept, get; bear, stand
不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
亲 qīn relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree