#492 重男輕女 Son Preference and Gender Discrimination

東亞文化圈 Dōng Yǎ wén huà quān - East Asian cultural sphere根深蒂固 gēn shēn dì gù - deeply rooted; firmly entrenched觀念 guān niàn - concept; belief; mindset重男輕女 zhòng nán qīng nǚ - preference for sons over daughters; gender bias favoring males輕視 qīng shì - to look down on; to undervalue來源 lái yuán - origin; source以農業為主 yǐ nóng yè wéi zhǔ - to be primarily based on agriculture大量 dà liàng - a large amount; a great quantity體力 tǐ lì - physical strength; stamina勞動 láo dòng - labor; physical work男性 nán xìng - male; man體力 tǐ lì - physical strength; stamina具有 jù yǒu - to possess; to have天然 tiān rán - natural; innate優勢 yōu shì - advantage; strength核心 hé xīn - core; central經濟支柱 jīng jì zhī zhù - economic pillar; financial backbone儒家思想 Rú jiā sī xiǎng - Confucian thought; Confucianism孔子 Kǒng Zǐ - Confucius不孝有三，無後為大 bú xiào yǒu sān, wú hòu wéi dà - “Among the greatest forms of unfilial conduct, having no descendants is the worst.”孝順 xiào shùn - filial; respectful and dutiful to one’s parents農耕 nóng gēng - farming; agricultural cultivation族譜 zú pǔ - family genealogy; ancestral record繼承 jì chéng - to inherit; to succeed to祖先牌位 zǔ xiān pái wèi - ancestral tablet社會輿論壓力 shè huì yú lùn yā lì - social pressure from public opinion出嫁 chū jià - for a woman to get married生育 shēng yù - childbirth; reproduction歸…所有 guī … suǒ yǒu - to belong to; to be owned by原生家庭 yuán shēng jiā tíng - family of origin養 yǎng - to raise; to bring up嫁出去的女兒，潑出去的水 jià chū qù de nǚ ér, pō chū qù de shuǐ - “A married daughter is like water that has been poured away” (traditional saying implying she no longer belongs to her birth family)資源 zī yuán - resources舅舅 jiù jiu - maternal uncle把…送走 bǎ … sòng zǒu - to send … away; to give … away財產 cái chǎn - property; assets; inheritance翻轉 fān zhuǎn - to reverse; to transform女兒奴 nǚ ér nú - a parent (usually a father) who dotes on his daughter現象 xiàn xiàng - phenomenon貼心 tiē xīn - thoughtful; caring; considerate民法 mín fǎ - civil law; civil code修正 xiū zhèng - to revise; to amend同等 tóng děng - equal; equivalent財產繼承權 cái chǎn jì chéng quán - inheritance rights; right to inherit property姓 xìng - family name; surname雙方約定 shuāng fāng yuē dìng - mutual agreement by both parties社經地位 shè jīng dì wèi - socioeconomic status職場 zhí chǎng - workplace; professional environment政界 zhèng jiè - political circles; political arena