Gender stereotypes in Russian and Chinese frazeologizm: a comparative analysis

This article explores a brief history of gender studies in linguistics and analyzed idioms of the Russian and Chinese languages, containing the national gender stereotypes. The analyzed phraseological units were divided into two groups: dedicated to the role of women and the family and describe the appearance and character of women. The analysis involves comparing similar phraseological units in two languages. Evidence of androcentrism and the similarity of ideas about women's role in the family and in society in the traditional cultures of Russia and China have been found. Separately, the amazing examples of complete coincidence of phraseological units and similarity of some images were also described.