河东狮吼 — Chinese idiom

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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