糟糠

糟糠
zāokāng

chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor)

4 meanings
MEANING4 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor)

    • A wife who shared hardship in poverty shall not be cast aside.

  2. noun

    (fig.) rubbish

  3. noun

    junk

    • A wife who shared hardship in poverty should not be cast aside.

  4. noun

    (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Rice dregs left over after fermentation become the messiest refuse.

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