好汉

hǎo hàn

Definitions

lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal

a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)

a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)

daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom)

the heroes of Liangshan Marsh (in the novel \Water Margin\ 水滸傳|水浒传[shuǐ hǔ zhuàn])

true hero of Greenwood (refers to popular hero in Robin Hood style)

If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan)

heroes

good

to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to

Han ethnic group