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男主外，女主內
简 男主外，女主内 · 繁 男主外，女主內Mandarin · pinyin nán zhǔ wài , nǚ zhǔ nèi
Meanings
- men go out to work and women stay at home (idiom)
- 男
- nán · male, man; son; baron; surname
- 主
- zhǔ · master, chief owner; host; lord
- 外
- wài · out, outside, external; foreign
- 女
- nǚ · woman, girl; feminine; Kangxi radical 38; 10th lunar mansion, determinative star ε Aquarii (Albali)
- 內
- nèi · inside, interior; domestic
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