妻室
qī shì
Pinyin

Definition

妻室
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qī shì
  1. wife

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fū qī
  1. 1 husband and wife
  2. 2 married couple
  1. 1 wife
qī zǐ
  1. 1 wife and children
jiào shì
  1. 1 classroom
  2. 2 classifier: 间 jiān
bàn gōng shì
  1. 1 office
  2. 2 business premises
  3. 3 bureau
  4. 4 classifier: 间 jiān

Idioms (15)

不安其室
bù ān qí shì
  1. 1 to be discontented with one's home
  2. 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
升堂入室
shēng táng rù shì
  1. 1 lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to gradually attain proficiency
  3. 3 to attain a higher level
同室操戈
tóng shì cāo gē
  1. 1 wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
夫妻反目
fū qī fǎn mù
  1. 1 man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
妻离子散
qī lí zǐ sàn
  1. 1 a family wrenched apart (idiom)