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糟糠妻
zāo kāng qī
What 糟糠妻 means
- wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
The characters in 糟糠妻
- 糟zāodregs; draff; pickled in wine
- 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
- 妻qī(bound form) wife
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