shǒu
huó
guǎ

idiom
common

Meaning of 守活寡

守活寡 means to live like a widow while one's husband is away for a long time; to be left alone as a married woman. Pronounced shǒu huó guǎ.

  • to live like a widow while one's husband is away for a long time; to be left alone as a married woman

Definitions & Examples

Zhàng
fu
zài
wài
gōng
 
rén
zài
jiā
shǒu
huó
guǎ
 

Her husband is working far away, so she stays at home alone like a widow.

Zhè
zhǒng
shǒu
huó
guǎ
de
zi
shén
me
shí
hou
shì
tóu
 

When will this life of living like a widow come to an end?

yuàn
shǒu
huó
guǎ
 
shì
gēn
zhe
zhàng
fu
le
wài
 

She didn't want to live like a widow, so she went with her husband to another city.

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