What Does "糟糠夫不可休" (zāo kāng fū bù kě xiū) Mean?

zāo糟kāng糠fū夫bù不kě可xiū休

"A husband who shared your hardships should not be cast aside."

HSK Vocabulary

糟H5 不H1 可H3

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E31

Clip Timestamp

27:33

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	但是民间有句话	dàn shì mín jiān yǒu jù huà	there is a saying among the people:
2▶	糟糠夫不可休	zāo kāng fū bù kě xiū	"A husband who shared your hardships should not be cast aside."
3	什么糟糠夫糟糠妻	shén me zāo kāng fū zāo kāng qī	"A husband who shared your hardships"? It's "wife."

More Clips From Episode

Total 203 clips (Page 10 of 11)

HSK 5

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今日就到此了

jīn rì jiù dào cǐ leLet's call it a day.

HSK 1

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先生孙子兵法我会了

xiān shēng sūn zi bīng fǎ wǒ huì leSir, I've mastered Sun Tzu's Art of War.

HSK 3

0:03s

李司马可全然放心

lǐ sī mǎ kě quán rán fàng xīnDiscipline Inspector Li, you can rest assured.

HSK 7

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wù lǜ wù lǜDon't worry.

HSK 6

0:03s

字都识不全

zì dōu shí bù quán[Knowledge is Boundless] She doesn't even know all the characters.

HSK 5

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你呀还是另请高明吧

nǐ ya hái shì lìng qǐng gāo míng ba[Knowledge is Boundless] You should find someone better qualified.

HSK 2

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哪有教不会的人哪

nǎ yǒu jiào bú huì de rén nǎThere's no one who can't be taught.

HSK 1

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不会是樊都尉吧

bú huì shì fán dū wèi baisn't Commandant Fan, is she?

HSK 3

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属下都加到三两一个时辰了

shǔ xià dōu jiā dào sān liǎng yí gè shí chén le[Jizhou Government Office] I've raised the offer to 3 taels an hour.

HSK 6

0:03s

怎么成这样了

zěn me chéng zhè yàng le[Three days later] How did this happen?

HSK 4

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全是内伤啊

quán shì nèi shāng aIt's all internal injuries.

HSK 7

0:03s

教书还能教出个好歹来的

jiāo shū hái néng jiào chū gè hǎo dǎi lái desomeone get hurt just from teaching.

HSK 3

0:03s

李大人别别别

lǐ dà rén bié bié biéLord Li, please don't!

HSK 7

0:03s

李大人真是对不住

lǐ dà rén zhēn shì duì bú zhùLord Li, I am truly sorry.

HSK 2

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要不然还是我自己慢慢学吧

yào bù rán hái shì wǒ zì jǐ màn màn xué baMaybe I should just learn slowly by myself.

HSK 4

0:03s

我义父他那么厉害

wǒ yì fù tā nà me lì hàimy godfather is so formidable.

HSK 3

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一开始还想收我为徒呢

yī kāi shǐ hái xiǎng shōu wǒ wèi tú neHe even wanted to take me as a disciple at first.

HSK 6

0:03s

陶太傅也一定是看中你这一点

táo tài fù yě yí dìng shì kàn zhòng nǐ zhè yì diǎnGrand Tutor Tao must have seen that in you.

HSK 2

0:03s

我还是找我义父去教我

wǒ hái shì zhǎo wǒ yì fù qù jiào wǒshould I ask my godfather to teach me?

HSK 7

0:03s

也就别去害他老人家了吧

yě jiù bié qù hài tā lǎo rén jiā le baLet's not torture the old man.