one or two offsprings(yī nán bàn nǚ)

one or two offsprings

A man and a half women, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī n á Nb à NN ǚ, meaning a son or daughter. It's from the popular novel of Beijing, director Zhang Zhicheng.

The origin of Idioms

In the popular novel of Beijing, director Zhang Zhicheng said, "why don't you take the wife of the house and give birth to half a boy and half a girl

Idiom usage

The second fold of yuan and Yang Wenkui's children's reunion: "if you have one man and half women, you won't have to worry so much." "qingpingshan hall story book. Huadeng sedan chair and lotus becoming Buddha": there is no man and half woman in the couple. Chapter 68 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: I also advised the second master to do this early, and as expected, he gave birth to half a man and half a woman, even I had to rely on later. Chapter 37 of the biography of heroes and Heroines: "it will be a great joy to see tomorrow when his sister and his daughter have a man and a half." Mao Dun's Lin family shop: "if you let love in and give birth to a man and a half, you are the ready-made wife of the director."

Chinese PinYin : yī nán bàn nǚ