lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom); fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband
trad. 河東獅吼
Also written 河東獅吼【Hé dōng shī hǒu】
Characters in this word
4河
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]), (bound form) the Yellow River, (bound form) the Milky Way, (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3]
- Pinyin
- hé
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4501 of 2500
东
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname Dong
- Pinyin
- Dōng
- Traditional
- 東
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 5663 of 2500
狮
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(bound form) lion
- Pinyin
- shī
- Traditional
- 獅
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 41936 of 2500
吼
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to roar, to howl, to shriek, roar or howl of an animal, bellow of rage
- Pinyin
- hǒu
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 5743 of 2500