蒙在鼓里 蒙在鼓裡 méng zài gǔ lǐ lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark syn 调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities syn 不可告人 bù kě gào rén to be kept secret / not to be divulged syn 女强人 女強人 nǚ qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman syn 产妇 產婦 chǎn fù woman recuperating after childbirth / woman in childbirth syn 围场 圍場 wéi chǎng enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times) 一诺千金 一諾千金 yī nuò qiān jīn a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom) / a promise that must be kept syn 姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach 巾帼 巾幗 jīn guó woman / woman's headdress (ancient) syn 讳莫如深 諱莫如深 huì mò rú shēn important matter that must be kept secret (idiom) / don't breathe a word of it to anyone! syn 女杰 女傑 nǚ jié woman of distinction / a woman to be admired or respected syn 奔命 bēn mìng to rush about on errands / to be kept on the run syn 蟠桃 pán táo flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach) / the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母 syn 备品 備品 bèi pǐn machine parts or tools kept in reserve / spare parts 毽子 jiàn zi a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking / game played with such a shuttlecock 慰安妇 慰安婦 wèi ān fù comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 "ianfu") 娉婷 pīng tíng (literary) (of a woman) to have a graceful demeanor / beautiful woman syn 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 寿桃 壽桃 shòu táo (myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu / fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift 留底 liú dǐ to keep a copy / copy kept for archiving / to put aside a portion (of a money sum) syn 底 dǐ bottom / base / background / foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix / base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4]) syn 坐冷板凳 zuò lěng bǎn dèng to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels syn 娈童 孌童 luán tóng catamite (boy as homosexual partner) / kept man / gigolo 婧 jìng (literary) (of a woman) slender / delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented 女 nǚ female / woman / daughter syn 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 女性 nǚ xìng woman / the female sex syn 白人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian 美女 měi nǚ beautiful woman syn 阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 女郎 nǚ láng young woman / maiden / girl / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 女子 nǚ zǐ woman / female syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 温柔 溫柔 wēn róu gentle and soft / tender / sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) syn 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 妇女 婦女 fù nǚ woman syn 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 粉色 fěn sè pink / white / erotic / beautiful woman / powdered (with make-up) syn 孕妇 孕婦 yùn fù pregnant woman syn 妖精 yāo jing evil spirit / alluring woman syn 淑女 shū nǚ wise and virtuous woman / lady syn 美人 měi rén beautiful woman / belle syn 尤物 yóu wù rarity / rare object / rare person / extraordinarily beautiful woman syn 老太婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous) syn 献身 獻身 xiàn shēn to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to syn 大姐 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) syn 月经 月經 yuè jīng menstruation / a woman's period syn 佳人 jiā rén beautiful woman syn 苗条 苗條 miáo tiao (of a woman) slim / slender / graceful syn 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn 婆娘 pó niáng woman (derog.) syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 妇人 婦人 fù rén married woman syn 糟蹋 zāo tà to waste / to spoil / to ruin / to wreck / to insult / to humiliate / to defile (a woman) / to rape / also pr. [zao1ta5] syn 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 夏娃 xià wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1}) 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 女工 nǚ gōng working woman / variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1] 娘家 niáng jia married woman's parents' home syn 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married / to take a husband syn 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 老处女 老處女 lǎo chǔ nǚ unmarried old woman / spinster 身形 shēn xíng figure (esp. a woman's) syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 过门 過門 guò mén to pass through a doorway / (of a woman) to marry / orchestral music interlude in an opera syn 贵妇 貴婦 guì fù upper-class woman / lady (old) syn 红颜 紅顏 hóng yán a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks syn 芳心 fāng xīn the affection, or heart, of a young woman 身段 shēn duàn a woman's physique / figure / posture on stage syn 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 凶悍 兇悍 xiōng hàn violent / fierce and tough / shrewish (woman) syn 标致 標致 biāo zhi (of a woman) beautiful / pretty syn 露点 露點 lù diǎn dew point / (coll.) (of a woman) to expose one of the three areas (nipples and genitals) 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman) syn 野花 yě huā wildflower / woman of easy virtue 闺女 閨女 guī nu: maiden / unmarried woman / daughter syn 母老虎 mǔ lǎo hǔ tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen 品头论足 品頭論足 pǐn tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical syn 娘儿们 娘兒們 niáng r men (dialect) woman / wife syn 破鞋 pò xié broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut syn 少妇 少婦 shào fù young married woman syn 揩油 kāi yóu to secretively take advantage of others or public resources for minor personal gain / to grope a woman or girl syn 风云人物 風雲人物 fēng yún rén wù the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure syn 悍妇 悍婦 hàn fù violent woman / shrew syn 强人 強人 qiáng rén (politics) strongman / (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person / (old) robber syn 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn 花木兰 花木蘭 huā mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature 姿色 zī sè good looks (of a woman) syn 情郎 qíng láng boyfriend / paramour (of a woman) syn 秋波 qiū bō autumn ripples / (fig.) luminous eyes of a woman / amorous glance syn 改嫁 gǎi jià to remarry (of a woman) syn 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman syn 花枝招展 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman) syn 雏儿 雛兒 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo syn 