童养媳妇 (童養媳婦)
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Pinyin
Definition
童养媳妇 (童養媳婦)
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- child bride
- girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
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
童叟无欺
- 1 cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously
- 2 Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
童言无忌
- 1 children's words carry no harm (idiom)
返老还童
- 1 to recover one's youthful vigor
- 2 to feel rejuvenated (idiom)
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