Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「妻榮夫貴」 for your learning.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「妻榮夫貴」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Rong: glory. Noble: distinguished. It means that the husband can also benefit from his wife’s prominent status. See “A noble husband brings glory to his wife.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qī róng fū guì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chai1 wing4 fu1 gwai3
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
