原配 (yuán pèi) — first wife (the wife a man first marries, as opposed to a later wife or concubine)
Definition
原配 means 'first wife' — the woman a man was originally married to, as distinct from a later wife or 二房/小妾. Note: the term centers on a man; a woman's counterpart in modern use is 前妻 (ex-wife).
noun
first wife (the wife a man first marries, as opposed to a later wife or concubine)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 原配，。Tā de yuán pèi qù shì hòu, tā yòu qǔ le yí gè nián qīng nǚ zǐ.After his first wife died, he married a young woman.
- ，原配。Zài nà bù diàn shì jù lǐ, zhǔ jué de yuán pèi shì gè shàn liáng de nǚ rén.In that TV drama, the main character's first wife is a kind woman.
- 原配。Lí hūn hòu tā hěn shǎo tí qǐ yuán pèi de shì.After the divorce, he rarely mentions matters about his first wife.
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