In Chinese, capable and shrewd women have long been compared to tigers, This image contradicts their gentle and obedient nature. In this famous Chinese song – “Women are tigers”, a little monk was told that women are awful tigers, but when he meets tigers, the little monk’s heart was immediately captured by this strange creature.
小和尚下山去化斋
Little monk down hill for some rice
老和尚有交待
Old monk tell something
山下的女人是老虎
Below the hill women are tigers
遇见了千万要躲开
If you meet just run
走过了一村又一寨
Pass one village after another
小和尚暗思揣
Little monk think himself
为什么老虎不吃人
Why the tigers don’t eat me
模样还挺可爱?
Their face is very very good
老和尚悄悄告徒弟
Old monk tell him quietly
这样的老虎最呀最厉害
Tigers like these are very very bad
小和尚吓得赶紧跑
Little monk scare and run at once
师傅呀!呀呀呀呀坏坏坏
Teacher a!ya ya ya ya bad bad bad bad
老虎已闯进我的心里来心里来
Tigers have come to my heart!
What do your think of Chinese women, they are tender or shrewd?