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醜cau2媳sik1婦fu5早zou2晚maan5要jiu3見gin3公gung1婆po4

simp丑媳妇早晚要见公婆
cau2 sik1 fu5 zou2 maan5 jiu3 gin3 gung1 po4inferredchǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yào jiàn gōng pó

English

  1. (lit.) the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb)
  2. (fig.) something unpleasant or embarrassing cannot be avoided forever; sooner or later one must face it

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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