distillers' grains; coarse food; wife who shared hardships
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
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distillers' grains and rice bran; coarse food eaten by the poor in old times
Literally refers to the coarse residue from brewing and milling that poor people subsisted on in ancient times. Culturally symbolic of poverty and hardship. Commonly used in the idiom 糟糠之妻 to refer to a loyal wife who shared difficulties during poverty.
Tā他
nìng宁
kě可
zì自
jǐ己
chī吃
zāo糟
kāng糠
，
yě也
yào要
ràng让
hái孩
zi子
chī吃
bǎo饱
。
He would rather eat coarse food himself than let his children go hungry.
Zāo糟
kāng糠
zhī之
qī妻
bù不
xià下
táng堂
，
zhè这
shì是
gǔ古
rén人
de的
dào道
dé德
guān观
niàn念
。
A wife who shared hardships should not be cast aside—this was the moral value of the ancients.
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Tā他
men们
yì一
qǐ起
dù度
guò过
le了
chī吃
zāo糟
kāng糠
de的
jiān艰
kǔ苦
suì岁
yuè月
。
They endured the hard years of eating coarse food together.