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媳妇熬成婆

xí fù áo chéng pó

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Definitions

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