头发长，见识短 - Chinese Idiom

头发长，见识短

Literally means:

women have long hair but short wit

Actually means:

头发长 refers to women. In the old times the phrase meant that women were short of wit or knowledge. It is an expressioning discrimination against women.

Sometimes emphasis is laid on 见识短 with no indication of despising women. Derogatory.

头发长，指妇女。旧时指妇女缺乏见识。是贬低妇女的说法。

有时重点放在“见识短”上面，没有轻视妇女的意思。具有贬义色彩。