hé​dōng​shī​hǒu

outburst of a shrewish wife

河东狮吼 河東獅吼 hé​dōng​shī​hǒu
outburst of a shrewish wife
the lioness from Hedong roars; used to describe a shrewish or overbearing wife losing her temper, or a henpecked husband's fear of his wife. This idiom originates from a poem by the Song Dynasty writer 苏轼 sū​shì about his friend whose wife was notoriously fierce.

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