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婦人之仁

简妇人之仁 · 繁婦人之仁

Mandarin · pinyin fù rén zhī rén

excessive tendency to clemency (idiom)
soft-hearted (pejorative)

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婦: Look up this written character
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
仁: rén · humaneness, benevolence, kindness
妇: fù · married women; woman; wife

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4–2–1–2 · fu4 ren2 zhi1 ren2

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fu5 jan4 zi1 jan4

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(figurative, derogatory) soft-hearted

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