daughter-in-law
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daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation
daughter-in-law
daughter-in-law
erhua form of 媳婦|媳妇[]
erhua form of 媳婦|媳妇[]
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) / fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor / what goes around comes around
erhua form of 兒媳婦|儿媳妇[]
wife of younger male cousin via male line
sister's son's wife
see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[]
brother's son's wife / nephew's wife
to get oneself a wife / to take a daughter-in-law
mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
son's son's wife / grandson's wife
young married woman / mistress / (fig.) punching bag / (old) child bride
younger brother's wife / sister-in-law
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
wife of younger male cousin via female line
(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
(dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27