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河东狮吼

Hé dōng shī hǒu

4-character word Traditional 河東獅吼

What 河东狮吼 means

1. lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom)
2. fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband

The characters in 河东狮吼

• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 狮shī(bound form) lion
• 吼hǒuto roar; to howl; to shriek

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