"Men are afraid of persimmons" is quoted as "Old ladies eat persimmons and choose soft ones". Persimmons will become soft when they are ripe, and the old lady belongs to a vulnerable group, so the old saying means that persimmons are soft and even the weak can bully them!
As a man, he should be a tall and powerful figure and a pillar of a family. At any time, he should not be bullied and slaughtered by others. He should hold his head high and never be weak when he encounters difficulties. Therefore, men should not be soft persimmons, lest they be treated as soft persimmons. "Men are afraid of persimmons" means that men are afraid of being soft persimmons!
"Pear" borrowed the homophonic meaning of "Li", which means divorce! As the saying goes, "men are afraid of getting into the wrong business, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong husband." Once a woman marries the wrong husband, she has only two choices: forbearance and divorce.
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"Men are afraid of persimmons and women are afraid of pears": Sows are most afraid of watermelon skin.
This sentence is a summary of life experience. Watermelon is also a cool fruit. People sometimes feed the leftover watermelon skin to pigs. Other pigs are ok, but if pregnant or just gave birth to a baby sow eats watermelon skin, it will catch cold and upset the stomach, which will lead to the decline of sow milk quality and affect the health of piglets!