Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

糟糠

zāokāng

ㄗㄠ ㄎㄤ

  1. 1chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor)
  2. 2(fig.) rubbish
  3. 3junk
  4. 4(abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband

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