河东狮吼
河東獅吼Meanings
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- 1.lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom)
- 2.fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband
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Wiktionary
- 1.the "lioness's roar", used to describe the loud complaining of an overbearing wife from the perspective of her henpecked husband.
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Etymology
From a line in Su Shi's poem 《寄吳德仁兼簡陳季常》 ("Poem sent for Wu Deren and for Chen Jichang as well"), depicting Chen Zao's overbearing wife, who was originally from the Hedong Commandery (translation from Qiu, 2013): *
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