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Open the tool →烈女不嫁二夫 (liè nǚ bù jià èr fū) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a chaste and resolute woman will not marry a second husband”.
烈女不嫁二夫 is pronounced liè nǚ bù jià èr fū in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 烈女不嫁二夫 means “a chaste woman does not marry a second husband”. It is used to mean “a chaste and resolute woman will not marry a second husband”.
烈女:刚正有节操的女子。贞烈的妇女不嫁第二个丈夫