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宠妾灭妻

chǒng qiè miè qīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom) / spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-d214c515bf59ac17. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

寵妾滅妻 宠妾灭妻 [chong3 qie4 mie4 qi1] /favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)/spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife/

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Other forms in these source records: 寵妾滅妻

  • 宠
    chǒng

    to love / to pamper / to spoil / to favor

  • 妾
    qiè

    concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)

  • 灭
    miè

    to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown

  • 妻
    qī

    (bound form) wife

    qì

    to marry off (a daughter)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.