What does 原配手撕小三 mean? In fact, rather than asking the meaning, I want to know which components this phrase consist of.

原配手撕小三:
Is it:


原 - 配手 - 撕 - 小三
原配手 - 撕 - 小三
原配手撕 - 小三


I know 小三 mean mistress and 撕 mean to tear, so I could roughly guess the meaning. The first three words are the source of my confusion. Personally, I think it's number 1, but if that's indeed the case, what's the use of "原" here? Isn't it kind of redundant?
原 (original/ first)

配 (match)



&quot;原配&quot; is short for &quot;原配夫人&quot; (first legal wife)

In olden time China, it was very common for rich men to have multiple legal wives. And the first wife is called  &quot;原配夫人&quot; or simply &quot;原配&quot;.
Nowadays, it simply means a man's wife

手 = hands

撕 = tear



The term 手撕 is most commonly seen in &quot;手撕鸡&quot; (hand shredded chicken)

&quot;小三&quot; is nickname for  &quot;mistress&quot; (a man's out of wedlock lover)
&quot;(原配)(手撕小三)&quot;  means &quot;(wife) (tears mistress apart with her own hands)&quot;

&quot;原配手撕小三&quot; describes &quot;a man's wife attacks that man's mistress and humiliates her&quot;
In other words: &quot;妻子狠狠羞辱情婦&quot;(Wife humiliates mistress severely)

&quot;Attack&quot; here mostly refers to verbal abuse like names calling and yelling. The term 手撕 implies some physical contact is involve. (roughed her up)