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守活寡
/ shǒu huó guǎ /
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Collocation
1
守活寡的日子
2
守了……年活寡
3
在守活寡
4
为……守活寡
Definition
守活寡
Literally means:
a widow with a husband
Actually means:
寡 is widow. 守寡 refers to a woman who does not marry after her husband dies.
This phrase means that a husband is alive, but he does not want to or cannot have normal sexual intercourse with his wife either because of estranged relationship or illness; thus his wife lives a widow's life. Derogatory.
寡，寡妇，死了丈夫的女人。守寡，妇女死了丈夫不再嫁人。
守活寡，丈夫没有死，但由于感情问题或生病等原因不愿或不能和妻子过正常的夫妻生活，使妻子过着如同守寡的日子。具有贬义色彩。
Example
Used as predicate or attributive, and it can beUsed with other words in between. (作谓语、定语，中间可以插入别的词语)
1
Zhànzhēng
战争
niándài
年代
hěnduō
很多
nánrén
男人
bèi
被
zhuāzǒu
抓走
le
了
,
tāmen
他们
de
的
qīzǐ
妻子
dōu
都
zài
在
jiāzhōng
家中
wéi
为
tāmen
他们
de
的
zhàngfu
丈夫
shǒuhuóguǎ
守活寡
,
yī
一
shǒu
守
jiùshì
就是
jīshí
几十
nián
年
。
Many men were taken away during the war years, and their wives kept their husbands alive at home for decades.
2
Tā
她
zhàngfu
丈夫
chūguó
出国
gōngzuò
工作
le
了
duōnián
多年
dōu
都
méiyǒu
没有
huíjiā
回家
,
tā
她
juéde
觉得
zìjǐ
自己
shì
是
zài
在
guò
过
shǒuhuóguǎ
守活寡
de
的
rìzi
日子
,
zhōngyú
终于
xiàng
向
zhàngfu
丈夫
tíchū
提出
le
了
líhūn
离婚
。
Her husband had not returned home from working abroad for many years, and she felt that she was living a widowed life and had finally filed for divorce from her husband.
3
Suīrán
虽然
zhàngfu
丈夫
chéng
成
le
了
zhíwùrén
植物人
yǐhòu
以后
,
tā
她
yǐjīng
已经
shǒu
守
le
了
sān
三
nián
年
de
的
huóguǎ
活寡
,
kěshì
可是
tā
她
háishi
还是
tiāntiān
天天
yī
一
xiàbān
下班
jiù
就
lái
来
yīyuàn
医院
péi
陪
zhāo
着
tā
他
,
xīwàng
希望
yǒu
有
yī
一
tiān
天
nénggòu
能够
chūxiàn
出现
qíjì
奇迹
。
Although her husband became a planter, she has been widowed for three years, but she still came to the hospital every day after work to accompany him, hoping that one day a miracle can occur.