丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆

Traditional form:

醜媳婦早晚也得見公婆

Pinyin (reading):

chǒuxífùzǎowǎnyěděijiàngōngpó

Definitions:

• 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

Characters:

• 丑 - ugly; shameful; comedian, clown
• 媳 - daughter-in-law
• 妇 - married woman; wife
• 早 - early; soon; morning
• 晚 - night, evening; late
• 也 - also, too
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 见 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 婆 - old woman; grandmother

Traditional characters:

• 醜 - ugly; shameful; comedian, clown
• 媳 - daughter-in-law
• 婦 - married woman; wife
• 早 - early; soon; morning
• 晚 - night, evening; late
• 也 - also, too
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 見 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 婆 - old woman; grandmother