| 丑媳妇早晚要见公婆 |
chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yào jiàn gōng pó |
(lit.) the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb) / (fig.) something unpleasant or embarrassing cannot be avoided forever; sooner or later one must face it |
| 丑 |
Chǒu |
surname Chou |
| 丑 |
chǒu |
clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30° |
| 丑 |
chǒu |
shameful / ugly / disgraceful |
| 媳 |
xí |
daughter-in-law |
| 媳妇 |
xí fù |
daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation |
| 媳妇 |
xí fu |
(dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman |
| 妇 |
fù |
woman |
| 妇 |
fù |
old variant of 妇 |
| 早 |
zǎo |
early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely |
| 早晚 |
zǎo wǎn |
morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future |
| 晚 |
wǎn |
evening / night / late |
| 要 |
yāo |
(bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| 要 |
yào |
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important |
| 见 |
jiàn |
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view |
| 见 |
xiàn |
to appear / also written 现 |
| 公 |
gōng |
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) |
| 公婆 |
gōng pó |
husband's parents; parents-in-law / (dialect) a couple; husband and wife |
| 婆 |
pó |
(bound form) grandmother / (bound form) matron / (bound form) mother-in-law / (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship) |