"男不男女不女" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [Chinese]

IPA: /nän³⁵ pu⁵¹ nän³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /nän³⁵ pu⁵¹ nän³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese transliterations: nán bù nán nǚ bù nǚ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], nán bù nán nǚ bù nǚ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], nán bù nán nyǔ bù nyǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], nan² pu⁴ nan² nü³ pu⁴ nü³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], nán bù nán nyǔ bù nyǔ [Mandarin, Yale], nan bu nan neu bu neu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], нань бу нань нюй бу нюй [Mandarin, Palladius], nanʹ bu nanʹ njuj bu njuj [Mandarin, Palladius]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 男不男女不女
  1. men are not like men and women are not like women
    Sense id: en-男不男女不女-zh-proverb-yb~j~Dd4 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 25 35 40
  2. neither male nor female; androgynous Categories (topical): Gender
    Sense id: en-男不男女不女-zh-proverb-2GZ9yu9e Disambiguation of Gender: 7 69 24 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 25 35 40
  3. (now rare) neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-男不男女不女-zh-proverb-3RHdTGWQ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese proverbs Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 25 35 40 Disambiguation of Chinese proverbs: 21 21 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 僧不僧,俗不俗

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      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ"
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      "zh-pron": "nán bù nán nyǔ bù nyǔ"
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      "zh-pron": "nan² pu⁴ nan² nü³ pu⁴ nü³"
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      "zh-pron": "nán bù nán nyǔ bù nyǔ"
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      "zh-pron": "nan bu nan neu bu neu"
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      "zh-pron": "нань бу нань нюй бу нюй"
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      "zh-pron": "nanʹ bu nanʹ njuj bu njuj"
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      "zh-pron": "nan bu nan neu bu neu"
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      "zh-pron": "нань бу нань нюй бу нюй"
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      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ pu⁵¹ nän³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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