河東獅子
hé​dōng​shī​zi

shrew

  • created reference approved 河东狮子/河東獅子 → 河东狮吼/河東獅吼 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    河东狮子 / 河東獅子 hé​dōng​shī​zi

    河东狮吼 / 河東獅吼 hé​dōng​shī​hǒu

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 河东狮子/河東獅子 · hé​dōng​shī​zi · shrew — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    河东狮子 / 河東獅子

    hé​dōng​shī​zi

    shrew

    A fierce or domineering wife; a woman with a bad temper. This idiom originated from a poem by Su Shi referring to his friend's terrifying wife.

    河东 (literal) → 河东/河東 · hé​dōng · Hedong 狮 (literal) → 狮/獅 · shī · lion 子 (bound) → 子 · zi · noun suffix

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

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