三姑六婆

sāngūliùpó

women of dubious character making a living by dishonest means (e.g. women matchmakers, sorceresses, etc.)

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san1 gu1 liu4 po2

women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)

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三姑六婆

sān gū liù pó

nuns, Taoist nuns and female fortune-tellers; procuresses, matchmakers, sorceresses, madams of brothels, female pharmacists and midwives--various liberal professions of women of the lower classes in old China

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三姑六婆|三姑六婆 [sān gū liù pó] ► women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)