husband elevated by his wife's high status or fortune

husband elevated by his wife's high status or fortune

The Chinese idiom, Q ī R ó NGF ū Gu ì, means that the husband can also get benefits because of his wife's prominent position. From the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu of Yuan Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The third fold of the fourth book of the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu of Yuan Dynasty: "you and I Cui Xiangguo are sons in law. You are rich in wife and rich in wealth, but you are as strong as the number one scholar."

Idiom usage

Examples

Both husband and wife are famous all their lives, so they can be regarded as wives and husbands, which is incomparable in the whole Tang Dynasty. Chapter 15 of the romance of Tang history by Cai Dongfan