媳妇熬成婆
Traditional form:
媳婦熬成婆
Pinyin (reading):
xífù'áochéngpó
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 媳 - daughter-in-law
- 妇 - married woman; wife
- 熬 - to boil, to simmer; to endure pain
- 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
- 婆 - old woman; grandmother
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