累死十个庄稼汉，抵不上一个好媳妇累死十個莊稼漢，抵不上一個好媳婦累死十個莊稼漢，抵不上一個好媳婦

working ten farmers to death is not worth one good wife

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

May offend: sexist or sexual

Meaning: A thrifty, capable housewife does more for a family's prosperity than the hard labour of several men. Traditional and approving, but it casts the wife in a household role.

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Simplified: 累死十个庄稼汉，抵不上一个好媳妇
Traditional (Taiwan): 累死十個莊稼漢，抵不上一個好媳婦
Pinyin: lèi sǐ shí gè zhuāngjiahàn, dǐbúshàng yí gè hǎo xífù
Bopomofo: ㄌㄟˋ ㄙˇ ㄕˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄓㄨㄤ ˙ㄐㄧㄚㄏㄢˋ，ㄉㄧˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄧˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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