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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2018-11-02 10:39:25 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 63165 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 1) Don't need the "lit." tag since the "fig." tag has been deleted (back in 2010). 2) "belittle" doesn't seem like the right word here. "belittle" is about what one *expresses* whereas 重男轻女 is, I think, about one's *attitude*, which may or may not be expressed verbally. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belittle e.g. TP ~ 農業社會對勞動力的需求一般被認為是重男輕女的主要緣由。 The need for manpower is generally seen as the main reason for boys being preferred over girls in agricultural societies. [i.e. it's not that they necessarily belittle (speak disparagingly of) girls; they just value them less] 重男輕女觀念雖然不易消弭， although the mentality of favoring boys over girls is unlikely to die out, [i.e. it's about favoring one gender over the other, and not specifically about saying nasty things about girls] |
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- 重男輕女 重男轻女 [zhong4 nan2 qing1 nu:3] /lit. to value males and belittle females (idiom)/ + 重男輕女 重男轻女 [zhong4 nan2 qing1 nu:3] /to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)/ |