河东狮吼 — Chinese idiom
河东狮吼
Hé dōng shī hǒu
Traditional: 河東獅吼
Meaning
- lit. the lioness from Hedong roars
- fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband
Character by character
- 河Hériver, stream; the Yellow river
- 东dōngeast, eastern, eastward
- 狮shīlion
- 吼hǒuto roar, to shout; to bark, to howl
Idioms sharing a character
- 信口开河 xìn kǒu kāi hé
- 口若悬河 kǒu ruò xuán hé
- 恒河沙数 Héng hé shā shù
- 暴虎冯河 bào hǔ píng hé
- 江河日下 jiāng hé rì xià
- 海晏河清 hǎi yàn hé qīng
- 血流成河 xuè liú chéng hé
- 过河拆桥 guò hé chāi qiáo
- 付之东流 fù zhī dōng liú
- 只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
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