媳婦熬成婆 xí fù áo chéng pó

DEFINITIONS

  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

CHARACTERS

媳 xí
HSK 6
daughter-in-law
婦 fù married women; woman; wife
熬 áo
HSK 5
cook down, to boil; endure
成 chéng
HSK 3
completed, finished, fixed
婆 pó
HSK 5
old woman; grandmother