an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)
trad. 醜妻近地家中寶
Also written 醜妻近地家中寶【chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo】
Characters in this word
7丑
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surname Chou
- Pinyin
- Chǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 6087 of 2500
妻
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(bound form) wife
- Pinyin
- qī
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 18138 of 2500
近
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near, close to, approximately
- Pinyin
- jìn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2373 of 2500
地
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-ly, structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- Pinyin
- de
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 271 of 2500
家
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used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
- Pinyin
- jiā
- Traditional
- 傢
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 400 of 2500
中
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(bound form) China; Chinese, surname Zhong
- Pinyin
- Zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 147 of 2500
宝
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variant of 寶|宝[bao3]
- Pinyin
- bǎo
- Traditional
- 寳
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 9487 of 2500