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| Processed by: | vermillon (2015-11-09 06:38:38 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 54334 - submitted by 'monigeria' >> the English version of this phrase has been popularized thanks to the book: "The Ugly Wife Is a Treasure at Home: True Stories of Love & Marriage in Communist China by Melissa Margaret Schneider" http://bbs.tianya.cn/post-293-132667-1.shtml 中国古时候有句话，叫做：“丑妻近地家中宝”。地离家近，伺弄起来方便；妻丑，男人放心，一般不担心红杏出墙。 some other def ideas: Because she's ugly, she's the likelier to be my own (the country wife) an ugly wife will make a cuckold out of no man |
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+ 醜妻近地家中寶 丑妻近地家中宝 [chou3 qi1 jin4 di4 jia1 zhong1 bao3] /an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)/ |