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a man / a male / men / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with ) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")
HSK 3
brothers / younger brother / CL: 個|个 / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal
HSK 4
master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 5
elegance (for men) / elegant demeanor / grace / poise
HSK 5
magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men
HSK 7-9
(military) officers and soldiers / officers and men / (old) government troops
HSK 7-9
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surname Men
men's clothes
men, women, young and old / everybody
man or men (formal)
(lit.) leftover men / (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty / surviving members of an ethnic group
men's volleyball / abbr. for 男子排球
men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur
men's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)
abbr. for 男子足球 men's soccer / abbr. for 男子足球隊|男子足球队 men's soccer team
chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe) / gown / robe / CL:
cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban
long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao
many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers.
men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
men's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc)
menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc
three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
chastity / virginity (of women) / moral integrity (of men) / loyalty / constancy
Taoist robe / traditional men's gown
to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
the dead cannot testify (idiom); dead men tell no tales
lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
men's restroom; men's toilet
official business / government workmen / odd-job men
regular men's haircut / short back and sides
the hidden and the visible; that which can be seen and that which cannot; darkness and light; night and day; wisdom and ignorance; evil and good; the living and the dead; men and ghosts
lit. unbeatable by even 10,000 men (idiom) / fig. extremely brave and strong
Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality , physical charm , propriety in speech and efficiency in needlework
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(bound form) a kind of headscarf worn by men in ancient China (variant of ) / variant of / Taiwan pr. [pu2]
scam girl / woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧
a kind of headscarf worn by men in ancient China
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality , physical charm , propriety in speech and efficiency in needlework
all men are brothers
married quarters / residential quarters for men with families
men's basketball / men's basketball team
men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
woman hired to lure men to high-priced bars
contour pouch brief (men's underwear)
(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc / to be a match for men / lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
a giant among men (idiom)
lit. men's footprints are rare (idiom) / fig. off the beaten track / lonely / deserted
those with lofty ideals (idiom) / men of vision
the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
record of famous men / anthology of biographies
scam girl / woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧
to match up (employers and jobseekers, men and women seeking a partner, blind people and guide dogs etc)
little green men from Mars
brothers / comrades / men / brethren
to have been cheated on by one's partner (formerly meant "to be a cuckold", i.e. applied to men only)
genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand
Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors
lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds / desolate (idiom)
lit. Notes on Passing the Hall, historical jottings by 12th century Southern Song poet Fan Gongcheng 范公偁, containing moral instructions derived from great men of Song dynasty
Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom) / a futile quarrel
wine doesn't make men drunk: men get themselves intoxicated. Lust does not overpower men: men surrender themselves to lust
(idiom) to have had relationships with many men
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells / good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
men go out to work and women stay at home (idiom)
real men do not easily cry (idiom)
men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
men's singles (sports)
men's basketball
men's bathroom (abbr. for 男衛生間|男卫生间)
(men) sideburns / (women) lengths of hair that hang down over the temples


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