糟糠

zāokāng
  1. chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor)
  2. (fig.) rubbish
  3. junk
  4. (abbr. for 糟糠妻 zāokāngqī) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) short for 糟糠之妻 (zāokāngzhīqī, “wife who has shared her husband's hard lot”)
  2. distiller's grains and grain husk; chaff and bran; foodstuffs for the poor; frugal meals
  3. short for 糟糠之妻 (zāokāngzhīqī, “wife who has shared her husband's hard lot”)

Wiktionary

  1. 糟，酒滓。糠，穀皮。糟糠比喻粗食。
  2. 比喻貧賤時共患難的妻子。參見「糟糠之妻」條。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 糟 zāo
  1. dregs
  2. draff
  3. pickled in wine
  4. rotten
  5. messy
  6. ruined
=2 糠 kāng variant of 糠 kāng
=2 糠 kāng old variant of 糠 kāng
=2 糠 kāng
  1. husk
  2. (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)

Containing this entry

糟糠妻 zāokāngqī wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
糟糠之妻 zāokāngzhīqī
不棄糟糠 bùqìzāokāng

Related entries

糟粕 zāopò
  1. dross
  2. dregs
  3. rubbish
  4. fig. useless residue
有的沒的 yǒudeméide
  1. trivial (matters)
  2. triviality
  3. nonsense
  4. rubbish
殘渣 cánzhā
  1. remainder
  2. filtered out residue
  3. sediment
  4. waste product
  5. debris
  6. detritus
  7. rubbish
雜物 záwù
  1. junk
  2. items of no value
  3. various bits and bobs
糟糠妻 zāokāngqī wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband