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糟糠妻
zāo​kāng​qī

hardship wife

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 糟糠 zāo​kāng
    wife in poverty
    A wife who shares a husband's hardships during times of poverty; short for 糟糠妻 zāo​kāng​qī or 糟糠之妻 zāo​kāng​zhī​qī
  2. 妻 qī noun
    wife
    (bound form) wife; a man's legal spouse; appears in words like 妻子 qī​zi and 夫妻 fū​qī