巧婦常伴拙夫眠
qiǎo​fù​cháng​bàn​zhuō​fū​mián

smart girls often have dull husbands

  • created sense approved 巧妇常伴拙夫眠/巧婦常伴拙夫眠 · qiǎo​fù​cháng​bàn​zhuō​fū​mián · smart girls often have dull husbands — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    巧妇常伴拙夫眠 / 巧婦常伴拙夫眠

    qiǎo​fù​cháng​bàn​zhuō​fū​mián

    smart girls often have dull husbands

    a clever woman is often paired with a clumsy or dull husband; a common observation about the irony of mismatched marriages

    巧妇 (literal) → 巧妇/巧婦 · qiǎo​fù · clever housewife 常 (literal) → 常 · cháng · often 伴 (literal) → 伴 · bàn · to accompany 拙夫 (literal) → 拙夫 · zhuō​fū · my husband 眠 (literal) → 眠 · mián · to sleep

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