烈女
Chinese
ardent; intense; split; crack; rend | female; woman; daughter | ||
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simp. and trad. (烈女) | 烈 | 女 |
Pronunciation
Noun
烈女
- heroine, female martyr
- (neo-Confucianism) a woman who commits suicide after her husband or fiancé's death rather than remarry, or who dies preserving her chastity
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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烈 | 女 |
れつ Grade: S | じょ Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Noun
烈女 (hiragana れつじょ, rōmaji retsujo)
- faithful woman with a strong will
- 1920, 菊池寛, 真珠夫人:
- 瑠璃子は、昂然と現代の烈女と云つてもいゝやうに、美しく勇ましかつた。
- Ruriko wa, kōzen to gendai no retsujo to itte mo ii yō ni, utsukushiku isamashikatta.
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- 瑠璃子は、昂然と現代の烈女と云つてもいゝやうに、美しく勇ましかつた。
- 1920, 菊池寛, 真珠夫人: