xí fù áo chéng pó

Traditional: 媳婦熬成婆

媳妇熬成婆 (xí fù áo chéng pó) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom); fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor; what goes around comes around”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
  3. 3what goes around comes around

Characters in 媳妇熬成婆

媳xí · daughter-in-law妇fù · woman熬āo · to simmer; to boil slowly成chéng · to succeed婆pó · (bound form) grandmother

Related words

成to succeed成surname Cheng成为to become; to turn into成功to succeed成功Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan变成to change into完成to complete; to accomplish老婆(coll.) wife造成to bring about; to create; to cause成员member成熟mature; ripe当成to consider as; to take to be

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