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老婆孩子热炕头

lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng toudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom) / the simple and good life
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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.

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Original source entry:

老婆孩子熱炕頭 老婆孩子热炕头 [lao3 po2 hai2 zi5 re4 kang4 tou5] /wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)/the simple and good life/

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Other forms in these source records: 老婆孩子熱炕頭

  • 老
    lǎo

    prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

  • 婆
    pó

    (bound form) grandmother / (bound form) matron / (bound form) mother-in-law / (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

  • 孩
    hái

    (bound form) child

  • 子
    zǐ

    son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub-

    zi

    noun suffix, as in 椅子[yǐ zi] "chair"

  • 热
    rè

    to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent

  • 炕
    kàng

    kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.