妇女能顶半边天

婦女能頂半邊天
fùnǚ néng dǐng bànbiāntiān
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 women hold up half the sky
  2. 2 women play an equal part in society

Examples

HSK 3
Māma cháng shuō " fùnǚ néng dǐng bànbiāntiān ", suǒyǐ tā yìzhí jiānchí gōngzuò.
Mom often says 'women hold up half the sky', so she has always kept working.

Tips

history
A slogan of the Mao era, popularly credited to 毛泽东, from the years when women were brought into farm and factory work in large numbers. 梁军, the People's Republic's first woman tractor driver and the model for the woman on the old one-yuan note, came to stand for it.
usage
The slogan is why 半边天 'half the sky' can mean 'women' on its own.

Stroke Order

妇 fù
女 nǚ
能 néng
顶 dǐng
半 bàn
边 biān
天 tiān