泼妇 (潑婦)
pō fù
Pinyin

Definition

泼妇 (潑婦)
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pō fù
  1. shrew
  2. vixen

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

儿媳妇
ér xí fu
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
夫妇
fū fù
  1. 1 a (married) couple
  2. 2 husband and wife
  3. 3 classifier: 对 duì
妇女
fù nǚ
  1. 1 woman
媳妇
xí fù
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
  2. 2 wife (of a younger man)
  3. 3 young married woman
  4. 4 young woman
孕妇
yùn fù
  1. 1 pregnant woman

Idioms (8)

妇人之仁
fù rén zhī rén
  1. 1 excessive tendency to clemency (idiom)
  2. 2 soft-hearted (pejorative)
妇姑勃溪
fù gū bó xī
  1. 1 dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles
妇孺皆知
fù rú jiē zhī
  1. 1 understood by everyone (idiom); well known
  2. 2 a household name
媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó
  1. 1 lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
  3. 3 what goes around comes around
巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī
  1. 1 The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.

Sample Sentences

干吗揪我头发，你这个泼妇！陈建斌，处理好你们的破事，我不陪你们玩了，我走了！
gànmá jiū wǒ tóufa ，nǐ zhè ge pōfù ！Chén Jiànbīn ，chǔlǐ hǎo nǐmen de pò shì ，wǒ bù péi nǐmen wán le ，wǒ zǒu le ！
You hussy, what are you doing pulling my hair? Chen Jianbin, take care of your issues. I'm not sticking around for this. I'm leaving!
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啊！抓我头发干吗？你这个泼妇！
à ！zhuā wǒ tóufa gànmá ？nǐ zhè ge pōfù ！
Agh! Why are you grabbing my hair? You bitch!
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