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Men 包二奶  Bāoèrnăi  Long Ago Chinese Multiple Wives

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包二奶 
bāoèrnăi 
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Long ago, when Chinese men had multiple wives, 奶 èrnăi (er nigh) referred to the second wife. Today it refers to mistresses of wealthy men and government officials, an extremely common fact of life in China: literally “packaged second-wife.”

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