英雄難過美人關
简 英雄难过美人关 · 繁 英雄難過美人關Meanings
- even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 英
- yīng · petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English
- 雄
- xióng · male of species; hero; manly
- 難
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- 過
- guò · pass, pass through, go across
- 美
- měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
- 關
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- 难
- nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable
- 过
- guò · pass, pass through, go across
- 关
- guān · frontier pass; close; relation
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Mandarin tones
1–2–2–4–3–2–1 · ying1 xiong2 nan2 guo4 mei3 ren2 guan1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jing1 hung4 naan4 gwo3 mei5 jan4 gwaan1
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proverb
- Even the strongest warrior can be seduced by a beautiful woman.
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