糟糠之妻 zāokāngzhīqī wife shared in hardship Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 糟糠 zāokāng poor food Distillers' dregs, grain husks, and chaff; refers to coarse food eaten by the poor.之 zhī particle [possessive] Connects a describing word or phrase to the noun it describes, similar to 的 de but used in formal or literary writing.妻 qī noun wife (bound form) wife; a man's legal spouse; appears in words like 妻子 qīzi and 夫妻 fūqī