前妻
前妻 qián qī ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧ cin4 cai1
- ex-wife
- late wife
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More words with these characters
前
妻
- 夫妻 fū qī ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧ fu1 cai1 husband and wife; married couple
- 妻子 qī zǐ ㄑㄧ ㄗˇ cai1 zi2 wife and children
- 未婚妻 wèi hūn qī ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄣ ㄑㄧ mei6 fan1 cai1 fiancée
- 亡妻 wáng qī ㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄧ mong4 cai1 one's late wife
- 人妻 rén qī ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧ jan4 cai1 married woman; wife (as a social role)
- 休妻 xiū qī ㄒㄧㄡ ㄑㄧ jau1 cai1 to repudiate one's wife
Idioms with these characters
- 巴前算后巴前算後 bā qián suàn hòu ㄅㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄡˋ baa1 cin4 syun3 hau6 thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind
- 冰释前嫌冰釋前嫌 bīng shì qián xián ㄅㄧㄥ ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ bing1 sik1 cin4 jim4 (idiom) to forget previous differences; to bury the hatchet
- 不顾前后不顧前後 bù gù qián hòu ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄡˋ bat1 gu3 cin4 hau6 regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
- 惩前毖后懲前毖後 chéng qián bì hòu ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ cing4 cin4 bei3 hau6 lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
- 承前启后承前啟後 chéng qián qǐ hòu ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄏㄡˋ sing4 cin4 kai2 hau6 to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
- 宠妾灭妻寵妾滅妻 chǒng qiè miè qī ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄧ cung2 cip3 mit6 cai1 favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)
- 夫妻反目 fū qī fǎn mù ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧ ㄈㄢˇ ㄇㄨˋ fu1 cai1 faan2 muk6 man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
- 老夫少妻 lǎo fū shào qī ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄨ ㄕㄠˋ ㄑㄧ lou5 fu1 siu3 cai1 (idiom) older husband and much younger wife
- 妻离子散妻離子散 qī lí zǐ sàn ㄑㄧ ㄌㄧˊ ㄗˇ ㄙㄢˋ cai1 lei4 zi2 saan3 a family wrenched apart (idiom)
- 三妻四妾 sān qī sì qiè ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ ㄙˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ saam1 cai1 sei3 cip3 (idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem