second wife; wife married after first wife's death
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
second wife (married after the death of the first wife); successor wife
formalRefers specifically to a wife who replaces a deceased first wife. In traditional families, such wives often faced complicated family dynamics with stepchildren.
Tā她
shì是
tián填
fang房
，
qián前
tou头
tài太
tài太
liú留
xià下
de的
hái孩
zi子
duì对
tā她
bù不
qīn亲
jìn近
。
She was the second wife, and the children left by the first wife were not close to her.
Lǎo老
Zhāng张
qǔ娶
le了
tián填
fang房
，
rì日
zi子
guò过
de得
hái还
bù不
cuò错
。
Old Zhang remarried, and life was not bad.
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Zài在
gǔ古
dài代
，
tián填
fang房
suǒ所
shēng生
de的
zǐ子
nǚ女
yǒu有
shí时
huì会
zài在
jì继
chéng承
quán权
shàng上
shòu受
dào到
qí歧
shì视
。
In ancient times, children born to second wives were sometimes discriminated against in inheritance rights.