Chinese word dictionary
宠妾灭妻
chǒng qiè miè qī · favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom); spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
Simplified宠妾灭妻
Traditional寵妾滅妻
Pinyinchǒng qiè miè qī
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