汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 夫唱妇随
fū chàng fù suí
夫唱妇随 (夫唱婦隨)
fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony
随 go along / It originally referred to the feudal society that wives must obey their husbands, and later metaphors that husbands and wives get along well
白头偕老
随附和。原指封建社会认为妻子必须服从丈夫，后比喻夫妻和好相处。
夫 fū 唱 chàng 妇 (婦) fù 随 (隨) suí
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

中国人也坚信夫唱妇随的道理，因此她跟从丈夫改变国籍并没有什么错。

Chinese also believed in "you follow who you married" so she is not wrong in changing her citizenship to follow the husband.

我们总是告诉自己，等到夫唱妇随或是妇唱夫随，生活会变得更美满，于是又期盼着退休了，能买一辆好车，一起去度假。

We always tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together. When we get a nice car, and are able to go on a nice vocation when we retire.

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