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woman noun—女 n (almost always used) 妇 n (often used) 女性 n 女子 n Examples: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.—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—as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner—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—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)—Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature—white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman—lit. the flowering branches sway (idiom); fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)—Euna Lee (phonetic transcription), US woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009—a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death—a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman—woman hired take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth—Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang—older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)—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.]— |