sān qī sì qièdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem
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Original source entry:

三妻四妾 三妻四妾 [san1 qi1 si4 qie4] /(idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem/

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三妻四妾
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