家鸡野鹜
jiā​jī​yě​wù

wife and mistress

  • created reference approved 家鸡野鹜/家雞野鶩 → 家鸡野雉/家雞野雉 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    家鸡野鹜 / 家雞野鶩 jiā​jī​yě​wù

    家鸡野雉 / 家雞野雉 jiā​jī​yě​zhì

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 家鸡野鹜/家雞野鶩 · jiā​jī​yě​wù · wife and mistress — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    家鸡野鹜 / 家雞野鶩

    jiā​jī​yě​wù

    wife and mistress

    To value something external over one's own possessions; also used to describe a man who neglects his wife for an extramarital affair. See [[家鸡野雉|家雞野雉|jia1 ji1 ye3 zhi4]].

    家 (literal) → 家 · jiā · home 鸡 (literal) → 鸡/雞 · jī · chicken 野 (literal) → 野 · yě · wild 鹜 (bound) → 鹜/鶩 · wù · duck

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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