Hóng pí luóbo, zǐ pí suàn; yǎng liǎn lǎopo, dītóu hàn.

紅皮蘿卜紫皮蒜, 仰臉老婆低頭漢。

Lit [Just as] red radishes [and] purple garlic [are spicy], [so] women [who walk with their] faces looking up [and] men [who walk with their] heads down [are hard to deal with]. [Note: In traditional China, women who walked with their faces not lowered were thought to be assertive or aggressive, and men who walked with their heads facing down were said to be scheming and cunning.]

Note [Rhyme.]

Topics APPEARANCES ASSERTIVENESS CUNNING MEN rhyme SCHEMING traditional China WOMEN