Usage of the character 媳
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媳
[媳]
- daughter-in-law
érxí
儿媳
[兒媳]
- daughter-in-law
dìxí
弟媳
[弟媳]
- younger brother's wife
- sister-in-law
xífù
媳妇
[媳婦]
- daughter-in-law
- wife (of a younger man)
- young married woman
- young woman
póxí
婆媳
[婆媳]
- mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
sūnxífu
孙媳妇
[孫媳婦]
- son's son's wife
- grandson's wife
tángdìxí
堂弟媳
[堂弟媳]
- wife of younger male cousin via male line
xífur
媳妇儿
[媳婦兒]
- wife
- young married woman
érxífu
儿媳妇
[兒媳婦]
- daughter-in-law
tóngyǎngxí
童养媳
[童養媳]
- child bride
- girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
xiǎoxífu
小媳妇
[小媳婦]
- young married woman
- mistress
- (fig.) punching bag
- (old) child bride
zhíxífu
侄媳妇
[姪媳婦]
- brother's son's wife
- nephew's wife
qǔxífù
娶媳妇
[娶媳婦]
- to get oneself a wife
- to take a daughter-in-law
biǎodìxí
表弟媳
[表弟媳]
- wife of younger male cousin via female line
érxífur
儿媳妇儿
[兒媳婦兒]
- erhua variant of 兒媳婦／儿媳妇 (érxífu)
tóngyǎngxífù
童养媳妇
[童養媳婦]
- child bride
- girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
wàishengxífù
外甥媳妇
[外甥媳婦]
- sister's son's wife
xífù'áochéngpó
媳妇熬成婆
[媳婦熬成婆]
- 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
duōniánxífù'áochéngpó
多年媳妇熬成婆
[多年媳婦熬成婆]
- see 媳婦熬成婆／媳妇熬成婆 (xífù'àochéngpó)
chǒuxífùzǎowǎnyěděijiàngōngpó
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
[醜媳婦早晚也得見公婆]
- lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
- fig. it's not something you can avoid forever