chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yào jiàn gōng pó

Traditional: 醜媳婦早晚要見公婆

丑媳妇早晚要见公婆 (chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yào jiàn gōng pó) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb); fig. something unpleasant or embarrassing cannot be avoided forever; sooner or later one must face it”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb)
  2. 2fig. something unpleasant or embarrassing cannot be avoided forever; sooner or later one must face it

Characters in 丑媳妇早晚要见公婆

丑chǒu · clown媳xí · daughter-in-law妇fù · woman早zǎo · early晚wǎn · evening要yāo · (bound form) to demand; to coerce见jiàn · to see公gōng · public婆pó · (bound form) grandmother

Related words

要(bound form) to demand; to coerce要to want; to need; to ask for需要to need; to want; to demand; to require见to see见to appear不要don't!; must not今晚tonight早early重要important; significant; major看见to see; to catch sight of再见goodbye见到to see

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