河东狮吼

Traditional form:

河東獅吼

Pinyin (reading):

Hédōngshīhǒu

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
• 东 - east, eastern, eastward
• 狮 - lion
• 吼 - to roar, to shout; to bark, to howl

Traditional characters:

• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
• 東 - east, eastern, eastward
• 獅 - lion
• 吼 - to roar, to shout; to bark, to howl