sān​fáng​sì​qiè

many wives and concubines

  1. sān numeralverb
    many
    many; several; repeatedly; more than a few times
  2. [for wives or concubines]
    classifier for family members, wives, or concubines
  3. adverbnoun
    all around
    (in combination) used with two related terms to indicate various or all around, as in the expression sì xiāng bā zhèn meaning 'all the towns and villages'
  4. concubine
    In former times, a secondary wife or woman married in addition to the main wife