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Jyutping lit6 neoi5
Pinyin liè nǚ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    heroine, female martyr
  2. noun
    a woman who commits suicide after her husband or fiancé's death rather than remarry, or who dies preserving her chastity
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    共产党对于这些东西的宣传政策应当是:“引而不发,跃如也。”菩萨要农民自己去丢,烈女祠、节孝坊要农民自己去摧毁,别人代庖是不对的。
    共產黨對於這些東西的宣傳政策應當是:“引而不發,躍如也。”菩薩要農民自己去丟,烈女祠、節孝坊要農民自己去摧毀,別人代庖是不對的。
    gòng chǎn dǎng duì yú zhè xiē dōng xi de xuān chuán zhèng cè yīng dāng shì : “ yǐn ér bù fā , yuè rú yě . ” pú sà yào nóng mín zì jǐ qù diū , liè nǚ cí , jié xiào fāng yào nóng mín zì jǐ qù cuī huǐ , bié rén dài páo shì bù duì de .
    • The Communist Party's propaganda policy in such matters should be, “Draw the bow without shooting, just indicate the motions.” It is for the peasants themselves to cast aside the idols, pull down the temples to the martyred virgins and the arches to the chaste and faithful widows; it is wrong for anybody else to do it for them.