- 巧妇常伴拙夫眠 qiǎofùchángbànzhuōfūmián smart girls often have dull husbandsa clever woman is often paired with a clumsy or dull husband; a common observation about the irony of mismatched marriages
- 巧妻常伴拙夫眠 qiǎoqīchángbànzhuōfūmián smart girls often have dull husbandsAn idiom describing a common observation that clever or beautiful women are often married to clumsy or unremarkable men; similar to the phrase [[巧妇常伴拙夫眠|巧婦常伴拙夫眠|qiao3 fu4 chang2 ban4 zhuo1 fu1 mian2]]
