夫妻反目

Mandarin · pinyin fū qī fǎn mù

Meanings

  1. man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
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夫
fū · man, male adult, husband; those
妻
qī · wife
反
fǎn · reverse, opposite, contrary, anti
目
mù · eye; look, see; division, topic; Kangxi radical 109
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1–1–3–4 · fu1 qi1 fan3 mu4

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fu1 cai1 faan2 muk6

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夫妻反目 · fu1 qi1 fan3 mu4
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Exact source record夫妻反目 夫妻反目 [fu1 qi1 fan3 mu4] /man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife/