多年媳妇熬成婆

duō nián xí fù áo chéng pó

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Same as 媳妇熬成婆 xí fù áo chéng pó

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

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Child Words of 多年媳妇熬成婆

• 多 多 duō: many; much
• 多年 多年 duō nián: many years
• 媳妇 媳妇 xí fù: daughter-in-law
• 年 年 nián: year
• 成 成 chéng: to succeed
• 熬 熬 āo: to boil
• 熬 熬 áo: to cook on a slow fire
• 婆 婆 pó: grandmother
• 妇 妇 fù: woman
• 媳 媳 xí: daughter-in-law
• 媳妇熬成婆 媳妇熬成婆 xí fù áo chéng pó: lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)