剩女
shèng nu:3
Pinyin

Definition

剩女
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shèng nu:3
  1. "leftover woman" (successful career woman who has remained single)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

女
nu:3
  1. 1 female
  2. 2 woman
  3. 3 daughter
女人
nu:3 rén
  1. 1 woman
女孩
nu:3 hái
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 lass
美女
měi nu:3
  1. 1 beautiful woman
仙女
xiān nu:3
  1. 1 fairy
儿女
ér nu:3
  1. 1 children
  2. 2 sons and daughters
剩
shèng
  1. 1 to remain
  2. 2 to be left
  3. 3 to have as remainder
剩下
shèng xià
  1. 1 to remain
  2. 2 left over
女儿
nu:3 ér
  1. 1 daughter
女友
nu:3 yǒu
  1. 1 girlfriend
女士
nu:3 shì
  1. 1 lady
  2. 2 madam
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
  4. 4 Miss
  5. 5 Ms
女婿
nu:3 xu
  1. 1 daughter's husband
  2. 2 son-in-law
女娲
Nu:3 wā
  1. 1 Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
女子
nu:3 zǐ
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 female
女性
nu:3 xìng
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 the female sex
女星
nu:3 xīng
  1. 1 female star
  2. 2 famous actress
女朋友
nu:3 péng you
  1. 1 girlfriend
女王
nu:3 wáng
  1. 1 queen
女生
nu:3 shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
女皇
nu:3 huáng
  1. 1 empress

Idioms (18)

三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
女大不中留
nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú
  1. 1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
女大十八变
nu:3 dà shí bā biàn
  1. 1 lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
女子无才便是德
nu:3 zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
  1. 1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
女扮男装
nu:3 bàn nán zhuāng
  1. 1 (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
女生外向
nu:3 shēng wài xiàng
  1. 1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
  2. 2 a woman's heart is with her husband
好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nu:3 dòu
  1. 1 a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
少女露笑脸，婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
望女成凤
wàng nu:3 chéng fèng
  1. 1 lit. to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hope one's daughter is a success in life
残茶剩饭
cán chá shèng fàn
  1. 1 spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom); remains after a meal
  2. 2 crumbs from the feast
男尊女卑
nán zūn nu:3 bēi
  1. 1 to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
男扮女装
nán bàn nu:3 zhuāng
  1. 1 (of a man) to dress as a woman (idiom)
男欢女爱
nán huān nu:3 ài
  1. 1 passionate love (idiom)
神女有心，襄王无梦
shén nu:3 yǒu xīn , Xiāng Wáng wú mèng
  1. 1 lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom)
  2. 2 (said of a woman's unrequited love)
红男绿女
hóng nán lu:4 nu:3
  1. 1 young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
绿女红男
lu:4 nu:3 hóng nán
  1. 1 young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
重男轻女
zhòng nán qīng nu:3
  1. 1 to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)
金童玉女
jīn tóng yù nu:3
  1. 1 lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom)
  2. 2 attendants of the Daoist immortals
  3. 3 fig. lovely young children
  4. 4 a golden couple
  5. 5 (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple

Sample Sentences

亲爱的，你是不知道，我们这儿，女孩子到了三十岁还没嫁出去的，统统都叫剩女啦。
qīn ài de ，nǐ shì bù zhīdào ，wǒmen zhèr ，nǚháizi dào le sānshí suì hái méi jiàchūqù de ，tǒngtǒng dōu jiào shèngnǚ la 。
Darling, you must be aware that here, when women haven't married by the time she reaches 30, they are called "shengnü".
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啊？剩女？什么意思？
ā ？shèngnǚ ？shénme yìsi ？
Huh? Shengnü? What does that mean?
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是啊，古代女子就是“三从四德”，结婚生子就是她们人生的全部意义，而且，很晚嫁不出去的，剩女，是会让家人丢脸的。
shì a ，gǔdài nǚzǐ jiùshì “sāncóngsìdé ”，jiéhūn shēng zǐ jiùshì tāmen rénshēng de quánbù yìyì ，érqiě ，hěn wǎn jià bù chūqù de ，shèngnǚ ，shì huì ràng jiārén diū liǎn de 。
Yes, women in ancient times had to conform to the three Confucian moral injunctions － obey your father, obey your husband and obey your son － and the four virtues － morality, physical charm, propriety in speech and efficiency in needlework. Marrying and giving birth to a son was the sole meaning of their lives, and the "leftover women" who married very late, were an embarrassment to their families.
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可是时代变了呀，剩女的现象很正常，而且我觉得这个词不应该作为一种对女性的歧视。现在女性也接受教育，也希望有自己的工作。
kěshì shídài biàn le ya ，shèngnǚ de xiànxiàng hěn zhèngcháng ，érqiě wǒ juéde zhè ge cí bù yīnggāi zuòwéi yīzhǒng duì nǚxìng de qíshì 。xiànzài nǚxìng yě jiēshòu jiàoyù ，yě xīwàng yǒu zìjǐ de gōngzuò 。
But the times have changed, the phenomenon of "leftover women" has become more ordinary, and I think that this word shouldn't be used to discriminate against women. Now women are also educated and hope for a job of their own.
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剩女
shèngnǚ
leftover woman
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她幸亏生活在唐朝，以肥为美。如果放到现在，估计也是剩女一名。而且，她还有狐臭。
tā xìngkuī shēnghuó zài Tángcháo ，yǐ féi wèi měi 。rúguǒ fàngdào xiànzài ，gūjì yě shì shèngnǚ yī míng 。érqiě ，tā háiyǒu húchòu 。
Fortunately she was born during the Tang dynasty when being fat was considered beautiful. If she was alive now, I think she'd probably be a "leftover woman." Additionally, she also had bad body odor.
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左一个剩女，右一个剩女的，好像我们真没男人要了。
zuǒ yī gè shèngnǚ ，yòu yī gè shèngnǚ de ，hǎoxiàng wǒmen zhēn méi nánrén yào le 。
Leftover woman this, leftover women that – I guess it's true that no men want us.
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你就是嘴硬。剩的就是我们这种人，渴望完美爱情，却不知不觉一晃就成剩女了。
nǐ jiùshì zuǐyìng 。shèng de jiùshì wǒmen zhèzhǒng rén ，kěwàng wánměi àiqíng ，què bùzhībùjué yī huǎng jiù chéng shèngnǚ le 。
You're just talking tough. We're those girls that are leftover – always longing for a perfect relationship, but then, before you know it, you've become a 'leftover woman.'
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我这不是才开窍吗？要想不做剩女，就得主动出击！告诉你个秘密，我注册了几个婚恋网站。
wǒ zhè bùshì cái kāiqiào ma ？yào xiǎng bù zuò shèngnǚ ，jiù děi zhǔdòng chūjī ！gàosu nǐ ge mìmì ，wǒ zhùcè le jǐ ge hūnliàn wǎngzhàn 。
I'm only just starting to understand all this myself. If you don't want to end up a 'leftover woman', then you have to take the initiative! Let me tell you a secret. I joined a few online dating sites.
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