狮子吼
Traditional (Taiwan):
獅子吼
Sign up for a free account to save words and hear them read aloud
-
a fierce wife's furious outburst at her husband
Character by character
Saying俗语俗語
Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now
May offend: sexist or sexual
- Literally
- lion's roar
- Meaning
- Figuratively, a fierce wife's furious outburst at her husband. Mocking and humorous, and dated; it comes from the Buddhist image of a lion's roar.
Sign up for a free Chinese Boost account
Save the words and sentences you find here to your own list, and hear them
read aloud. You can export the list to your flashcards whenever you like.
Create a free account
Sources