created sense approved 河东狮吼/河東獅吼 · hédōngshīhǒu · outburst of a shrewish wife — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
河东狮吼 / 河東獅吼
hédōngshīhǒu
outburst of a shrewish wife
the lioness from Hedong roars; used to describe a shrewish or overbearing wife losing her temper, or a henpecked husband's fear of his wife. This idiom originates from a poem by the Song Dynasty writer [[苏轼|蘇軾|su1 shi4]] about his friend whose wife was notoriously fierce.
河东 (literal) → 河东/河東 · hédōng · Hedong 狮 (literal) → 狮/獅 · shī · lion 吼 (literal) → 吼 · hǒu · to roar
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