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多年媳妇熬成婆

duō nián xí fù áo chéng pó

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Definitions

  1. 1. see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xí fù ào chéng pó]

Child Words of 多年媳妇熬成婆

妇
fù

woman

婆
pó

grandmother

媳妇
xí fù

daughter-in-law

熬
āo

to boil

多年
duō nián

many years

多
duō

many; much

年
nián

year

熬
áo

to cook on a slow fire

媳
xí

daughter-in-law

成
chéng

to succeed

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)