汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 節烈
節烈 (节烈)
(of a woman) indomitably chaste
封建礼教上指妇女守节或殉节。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

学者从不同的角度分析明清节烈风气特别是徽州妇女节烈现象形成的原因,但普遍忽略了一个问题,那就是明清徽州节烈妇女的主观因素。

Scholars have analyzed the reasons for the phenomenon from the different angle, but neglected the subjective factors of Huizhou women's chastity behavior.

这出戏的女主角可真节烈

The heroine of the play is rigorously chaste.