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媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó
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Definitions
- 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