河东狮吼

河东狮吼
hédōngshīhǒu
the roar of the lioness from the east side of the River (said of somebody's dominating wife in a temper)
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河东狮吼
hé dōng shī hǒu
(比喻嫉妒而泼悍的妻子发怒撒泼, 嘲笑惧内的人) lioness's roar (describing the fear of a henpecked husband); have a shrewish wife; the outburst of a virago; the shrew scolding her husband
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河東獅吼|河东狮吼 [Hé dōng shī hǒu] lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom) fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband

Chinese-English dictionary. . 2013.

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