zāo​kāng

chaff

糟糠 zāo​kāng
chaff
chaff, husks, and distillers' dregs, traditionally eaten by the poor as basic food
devoted wife noun
a wife who has shared her husband's hardships and poverty (abbreviation of 糟糠之妻 zāo​kāng​zhī​qī)
rubbish noun
figurative term for something worthless or of poor quality; junk

Frequency

Written text
0.114 per million

Sources

Definitions
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Frequency data
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