巧妇常伴拙夫眠
qiǎo​fù​cháng​bàn​zhuō​fū​mián

smart girls often have dull husbands

  1. 巧妇 巧婦 qiǎo​fù
    clever housewife
    a capable and ingenious housewife or a woman who is skilled in household tasks
  2. 常 cháng adverb
    often
    often; frequently; usually; always
  3. 伴 bàn verb
    to accompany
    to go along with someone; to keep someone company
  4. 拙夫 zhuō​fū
    my husband
    a humble way for a woman to refer to her own husband
  5. 眠 mián verb
    to sleep
    (bound form) to sleep; to slumber; also used in words like 睡眠 shuì​mián