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husband and wife; married couple
HSK 4
wife
HSK 4
a family wrenched apart (idiom)
monogamy
ex-wife / late wife
to be bereaved of one's wife
to repudiate one's wife
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  *妻* | 妻* | *妻
(bound form) wife
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *妻* | 妻* | *妻
to marry off (a daughter)
wife and children
married woman; wife (as a social role)
lovely wife
fiancée
to take a wife / to get married (man)
a good wife and loving mother
similarity in features of an old couple / common facial traits that show predestination to be married together
family-run shop
henpecked male
first wife
man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
wife and child
(old) perfect wife / you, my beloved wife
wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles
wife and children / (old) wife
wives and concubines (of a polygamous man) / harem
a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship
monogamy
polygamy
(neologism c. 2009) wife of a gay man (the man may marry to conform with social expectations, and the woman often enters the marriage not knowing he is gay)
wife swapping
favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom) / spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)
to abandon one's wife and child(ren)
to use one's power and influence to take another man's wife for oneself
weekend spouse / relationship involving a sugar-daddy
polygamy
popular Sichuan cold dish made of thinly sliced beef and beef offal
wife
husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
concubine
widow / the deceased's widow
an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)


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