富人妻，墙上皮，掉了一层再和泥；穷人妻，心肝肺，一时一刻不能离富人妻，牆上皮，掉了一層再和泥；窮人妻，心肝肺，一時一刻不能離富人妻，牆上皮，掉了一層再和泥；窮人妻，心肝肺，一時一刻不能離

a rich man's wife is the skin on the wall: when a layer falls off, mix more mud; a poor man's wife is heart, liver and lungs: not apart for a moment

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Says that in the old days rich men with many wives felt little for them, while poor couples were deeply attached. It is a class contrast about marriage and is dated.

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Simplified: 富人妻，墙上皮，掉了一层再和泥；穷人妻，心肝肺，一时一刻不能离
Traditional (Taiwan): 富人妻，牆上皮，掉了一層再和泥；窮人妻，心肝肺，一時一刻不能離
Pinyin: fùrén qī, qiáng shàngpí, diào le yìcéng zài huó ní; qióngrén qī, xīngān fèi, yìshíyíkè bùnéng lí
Bopomofo: ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧ，ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄆㄧˊ，ㄉㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄧˋ ㄘㄥˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄧˊ；ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧ，ㄒㄧㄣㄍㄢㄈㄟˋ，ㄧˋ ㄕˊ ㄧˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄌㄧˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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