三姑六婆

three kinds of nuns ［i.e. nuns（尼姑）, Daoist/Taoist nuns（道姑）, nun fortunetellers（卦姑）］ and six kinds of old women ［i.e. women traffickers（牙婆）, woman match-makers（媒婆）, witches（师婆）, procuresses（虔婆）, women who are believed to have magic powers and the ability to cure people of diseases（药婆）and midwives（稳婆）］—women of dubious character making a living by dishonest means