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Meaning of 偏房

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偏 piān 房 fáng
side room; concubine
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Example Sentences
1
我们有一间小小的偏房
,
里面有一张垂头弯腰的沙发和一台电视机
。
We had a small side room with a slouchy couch and a television set.
2
现在另辟一个偏房
,
加了两小桌
,
但一晚上也最多够二十个人吃
。
Now another a wing, added two small tables, but up to 20 people enough to eat at night.
3
大太太通常有权力支使偏房做事
,
她的孩子相对于小太太的孩子们来说也享有优待
。
The first wife traditionally had the right to order the secondary wives around and her children were given precedence over the other children.
4
皇帝和军阀都有很多妾
,
也就是小老婆
,
而他们的继承人通常也不是他们正房夫人的长子
,
有时候是他们偏房某位妾所生的能力出众的儿子
。
Emperors and warlords often had numerous concubines as well as wives.Their successors were often not the first son from their first wife but sometimes their most able son from a concubine.