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Let’s learn about the idiom 「夫倡婦隨」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Originally it referred to the feudal society’s belief that wives must obey their husbands, and later it was used as a metaphor for couples getting along well. Same as “the husband sings and the wife follows.”

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fū chàng fù suí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fu1 cheung1 fu5 cheui4

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