婆媳
pó xí
Pinyin

Definition

婆媳
 - 
pó xí
  1. mother-in-law and daughter-in-law

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wài pó
  1. 1 (coll.) mother's mother
  2. 2 maternal grandmother
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
ér xí fu
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
gōng pó
  1. 1 husband's parents
  2. 2 parents-in-law
pó po
  1. 1 husband's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 grandma

Idioms (8)

三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
公说公有理,婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó
  1. 1 lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
  3. 3 what goes around comes around
泪眼婆娑
lèi yǎn pó suō
  1. 1 tearful (idiom)
王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
  1. 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
  2. 2 all one's geese are swans

Sample Sentences

有道理。我还担心婆媳关系处不好。
yǒu dàolǐ 。wǒ hái dānxīn póxíguānxi chǔ bù hǎo 。
You’ve got a point. Also, I'm worried about things not going well with my mother-in-law.