英雄难过美人关 yīng xióng nán guò měi rén guān

DEFINITIONS

  1. even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)

CHARACTERS

英 yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English
雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly
难 nán difficult, arduous, hard; unable
过 guò pass, pass through, go across
美 měi beautiful, pretty; pleasing
人 rén man; people; mankind; someone else
关 guān frontier pass; close; relation