| 相夫教子 |
xiàng fū jiào zǐ |
to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom) / the traditional roles of a good wife |
| 相 |
Xiāng |
surname Xiang |
| 相 |
xiāng |
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品) |
| 相 |
xiàng |
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |
| 夫 |
fū |
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) |
| 夫 |
fú |
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion) |
| 教 |
Jiào |
surname Jiao |
| 教 |
jiāo |
to teach |
| 教 |
jiào |
religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell |
| 教子 |
jiào zǐ |
to educate one's children / godson |
| 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 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
(noun suffix) |