婆媳
pó xí
Pinyin
Definition
婆媳
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- mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
Character Decomposition
Idioms (8)
三姑六婆
- 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
公说公有理,婆说婆有理
- 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
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
泪眼婆娑
- 1 tearful (idiom)
王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸
- 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
- 2 all one's geese are swans
Sample Sentences
有道理。我还担心婆媳关系处不好。
You’ve got a point. Also, I'm worried about things not going well with my mother-in-law.