糟糠之妻
zāokāng-zhīqī
wife who shared one's poverty
Every meaning
zāokāng-zhīqī
- wife who shared one's poverty
Its characters
- 糟zāoin a mess; bad
- 糠kāngchaff; bran
- 之zhī(particle) of; 's (literary 的)
- 妻qīwife (as in 妻子, 未婚妻)
Words with 糟
Words with 之
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.