多年媳妇熬成婆
duō​nián​xí​fù'áo​chéng​pó

to finally come into one's own after long years of suffering

  1. 多年 duō​nián numeral
    many years
    a long period of time; many years; longstanding
  2. 媳妇 媳婦 xí​fù noun
    daughter-in-law
    daughter-in-law; the wife of one's son, younger brother, or a relative of a younger generation
  3. 熬 áo adjectivenoun
    to endure
    to hold out; to suffer through difficult times
  4. 成 chéng verbparticle
    to become
    to become; to turn into; to change into
  5. 婆 pó noun
    husband's mother
    (bound form) mother-in-law; the mother of one's husband