粵

媳sik1婦fu5熬ngou4成sing4婆po4

simp媳妇熬成婆
sik1 fu5 ngou4 sing4 po4inferredxí fù áo chéng pó

English

  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

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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