| 女大不中留 |
nǚ dà bù zhōng liú |
when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom) |
| 女 |
nǚ |
female / woman / daughter |
| 女 |
rǔ |
old variant of 汝 |
| 女大 |
nǚ dà |
(slang) female university student; female college student |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 中 |
Zhōng |
(bound form) China; Chinese / surname Zhong |
| 中 |
zhōng |
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right |
| 中 |
zhòng |
to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery) |
| 留 |
liú |
old variant of 留 |
| 留 |
liú |
to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve |
| 留 |
liú |
old variant of 留 |