媳 sik¹ {xí}

daughter-in-law

媳婦〔-妇〕 sik¹ fu⁵ {xí fù}

1. daughter-in-law
2. wife (of a younger man)
3. young married woman
4. young woman

媳婦兒〔-妇儿〕 sik¹ fu⁵ ji⁴ {xí fu r}

1. wife
2. young married woman

媳婦熬成婆〔-妇---〕 sik¹ fu⁵ ngaau⁴ sing⁴ po⁴ {xí fù áo chéng pó}

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