宠妾灭妻

Traditional: 寵妾滅妻

chǒng qiè miè qī

Dictionary entry

favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)

What does 宠妾灭妻 mean?

宠妾灭妻 (chǒng qiè miè qī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)

2spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife

Character breakdown

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宠chǒngto love · to pamper 妾qièconcubine · I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)灭mièto extinguish or put out · to go out (of a fire etc)妻qī(bound form) wife

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宠妾灭妻

chǒng qiè miè qī

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