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woman noun—女 n (almost always used)妇 n (often used)女性 n女子 nExamples:female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority—broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman—a golden house keep one's mistress (idiom); a magnificent house built for a beloved woman—If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders.—fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was—white teeth and bright eyes (idiom); lovely young woman—throw amorous or flirtatious glances at sb (esp. of a woman)—a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart—Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009—tease a woman by pretending to be displeased with her—"Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman)—(literary) (of a woman) have a graceful demeanor—elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman)—work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker)—(polite address a younger married woman) sister—woman of similar age one's parents (term of address used by child)—beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom); woman of peerless elegance—beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom); lovely young woman—(polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)—lit. the flowering branches sway (idiom); fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)—wise and virtuous woman (possibly sarcastic or sneering)—Euna Lee (phonetic transcription), US woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009—favorable opportunity for an encounter with a beautiful woman—a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman—Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang—Euna Li, US-Korean woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009—Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director—"leftover woman" (successful career woman who has remained single)—even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman [idiom.]— |