What does lady mean

Meaning:

1, a virtuous and beautiful woman.

Origin: Pre-Qin - anonymous "Poetry - Zhounan - Guan Ju": Guan Guan Ju, in the river's continent. My fair lady, the gentleman is good at martyring.

Translation: Guan Ju, the osprey that sings in harmony, is accompanied by a small continent in the river. That beautiful and virtuous woman is a good spouse for a gentleman.

Citation: Qing Dynasty - Li Yu "Shen Luan Jiao - But Matchmaker": "Nowadays, there is a family of an internal minister who keeps two ladies, both of whom have the color of the city."

Translation: Nowadays, there is a family of an official, and the two daughters in the family are both very beautiful.

2. Generally refers to women. It is often used in a mocking sense.

Citation: Ba Jin 《＜沉落集＞序》："His last words are now grandly engraved on top of the stone pedestal of the monument, and can be seen even by those gentlemen and ladies who go sightseeing in the Golden Circle country."

Pronunciation: shū nǚ

Expanded Information

Antonyms:

1. Hummer? [ hàn fù ] shrewish woman; fierce wife.

Source: Qing Dynasty - Cao Xueqin "Hibiscus daughter eulogy": woo hoo! The most important thing to remember is that the world is not a place where people can be happy, but a place where people are happy. The first thing I'd like to say is that I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get away with it. The heart of the woman is dissected, and her wrath has not yet been released!

Translation: Ah! This is a calamity created by a devilish plot, where is the Lord jealous of our friendship! Clamp down the rotten mouth of the long-tongued minion, and will I not be lenient in my execution? I can't get rid of my resentment even if I cut open the black heart of a vicious woman!

Citation: Li Guangtian, "Remembering the Questioning Drainage Monarch:" "And he said inarticulately, 'My wife is a shrew; she bullies me and my mother.'"

2. shrew? [ pō fù ] a fierce, unreasonable woman.

Origin: Yuan-Yang Xianzhi 《Xiaoxiang Rain》第四折："left and right, there is another shrew, also go with me to take it out."

Citation: Zhao Shuli 《Sanliwan》: "Let a shrew insult herself, but also a little angry."