寵妾滅妻 chǒng qiè miè qī

spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
  2. 2. favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
寵 chǒng
to pamper; to spoil; to favor
妾 qiè
concubine
滅 miè
to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc)
妻 qī HSK 2
wife; to marry off (a daughter)