娶媳妇 (娶媳婦)
qǔ xí fù
Pinyin
Definition
娶媳妇 (娶媳婦)
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- to get oneself a wife
- to take a daughter-in-law
Character Decomposition
Idioms (2)
媳妇熬成婆
- 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
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
- 1 lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
- 2 fig. it's not something you can avoid forever