糟糠妻

Traditional form:

糟糠妻

Pinyin (reading):

zāokāngqī

Definitions:

• wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband

Characters:

• 糟 - sediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil
• 糠 - chaff, bran, husk; poor
• 妻 - wife

Traditional characters:

• 糟 - sediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil
• 糠 - chaff, bran, husk; poor
• 妻 - wife