夫ふ唱しょう婦ふ随ずい

noun

a wife should follow her husband's lead

A yojijukugo expressing the traditional Confucian ideal that a wife should obey and support her husband. Often used critically or ironically in modern contexts.

• 昔むかしは夫ふ唱しょう婦ふ随ずいが美び徳とくとされたが、今いまは対たい等とうな関かん係けいが求もとめられる。

  In the past, a wife's obedience to her husband was considered a virtue, but now equal relationships are expected.

• 彼かれは夫ふ唱しょう婦ふ随ずいを当とう然ぜんと思おもっているようだ。

  He seems to take it for granted that his wife should follow his lead.