糟糠夫不可休
“"A husband who shared your hardships should not be cast aside."”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是民间有句话
“there is a saying among the people:”
糟糠夫 不可 休
“"A husband who shared your hardships should not be cast aside."”
“"A husband who shared your hardships"? It's "wife."”
“You cannot just throw me away after all we have been through together!”
The traditional idiom dictates that a wife who endured poverty with her husband must never be discarded when he prospers; here, the speaker jokingly reverses genders to make a point.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must not be divorced or cast aside
A classical phrasing derived from traditional marriage idioms, rarely used outside playful banter or historical contexts.