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半邊天

简半边天 · 繁半邊天

Mandarin · pinyin bàn biān tiān

half the sky
women of the new society
womenfolk

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半: bàn · half
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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
边: biān · edge, margin, side, border

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4–1–1 · ban4 bian1 tian1

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noun

(literally) half the sky
(figurative) vast area
(figurative) women (of the new society); womenfolk

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