戏台上的夫妻,有名无实 戲臺上的夫妻,有名無實 戲台上的夫妻,有名無實

a married couple on the stage: husband and wife in name only

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Said of a title or relationship that exists in name but not in reality.
Simplified
戏台上的夫妻,有名无实
Traditional (Taiwan)
戲臺上的夫妻,有名無實
Traditional (Hong Kong)
戲台上的夫妻,有名無實
Pinyin
xìtái shàng de fūqī,yǒumíngwúshí
Bopomofo
ㄒㄧˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧ,ㄧㄡˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨˊ ㄕˊ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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