Men and women(cùn nán chǐ nǚ)

Men and women

An inch of a man and a foot of a woman, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C ù NN á NCH ǐ n ǚ, which means a man and a half of a woman. It comes from the contract text of Yuan Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, Wu Mingshi's "contract text" is a fold: "his family is from Xiama village, Gaoping County, Luzhou. His family name is Zhang, his name is Bingyi, his family name is Hun, his family members are two direct relatives, and there are no men or women."

Idiom usage

There are few children in the family, but there are few men and women. (Ling Mengchu, Ming Dynasty, Volume 33)

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: half a man and half a woman antonym: full of children and grandchildren

Chinese PinYin : cùn nán chǐ nǚ