What do you mean by crooked?

Athena Chu: Wài zǐ Interpretation: 1 husband. For example, in the Song Dynasty, wives also called their husbands "outsiders", which were more elegant and referred to as "crooked sons" or "crooked sons" for short. If a wife sends a letter to her husband, it is called "sending it abroad". Chen Zhisui's poem "Daifa": "Struggle is like a dream, and you have to accompany it every night. Water the seedlings in the morning and every plant will be happy. " (Excerpted from Shi Jing Jiangnan Poetry Collection, Tang Jingji) In addition to "wife", husbands also call their wives "wife" and "wife". 2 Nephew: Sister's child. For example, "My husband is like my uncle".

[Explanation of words]

(1). In the past, a wife called her husband her stepson. Instead of the husband calling his wife "wife". Qian Daxin's "Qing Dynasty Heng" Volume III: "Liang Xuyun gave poems to the inside, and poems to the peach trees in front of the house, and his wife Liu Youshi answered them outside. The name of the inside and outside, from now on. " Xu Dishan has no worries: "If you are willing to be promoted, please send my husband a small errand, which would be very grateful." (2) In ancient times, it was called foreign women's son. Han Yuankang's "Yue Jue Shu De Xu Biography": "Therefore, it is said:' Huan Gong is forced by his husband, but he can be enlightened, but he can stick to the records and learn. "Song Shi Su Yuan Zhen Biography": "Liang Shi became a doer, and Yuan Zhen (who called himself Shi Weizi). "