醜媳婦早晚也得見公婆 chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó

must face it sooner or later

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. it's not something you can avoid forever

Characters

Character Meaning
醜 chǒu
ugly; clown; shameful
媳 xí HSK 6
daughter-in-law
婦 fù
woman; old variant of 婦fù
早 zǎo HSK 2
early; morning; Good morning!
晚 wǎn HSK 2
late; evening; night
也 yě HSK 2
also; too; surname Ye
得 děi HSK 2
link verb to result or degree; to get; must
見 jiàn
to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
公 gōng HSK 2
public; fair; just
婆 pó HSK 5
grandmother; mother-in-law; matron