醜媳婦總得要見公婆
chǒu​xí​fu​zǒng​děi​yào​jiàn​gōng​pó

to face the music

  • created sense approved 丑媳妇总得要见公婆/醜媳婦總得要見公婆 · chǒu​xí​fu​zǒng​děi​yào​jiàn​gōng​pó · to face the music — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    丑媳妇总得要见公婆 / 醜媳婦總得要見公婆

    chǒu​xí​fu​zǒng​děi​yào​jiàn​gōng​pó

    to face the music

    literally meaning an ugly daughter-in-law must eventually meet her parents-in-law; it describes a situation that cannot be avoided or hidden forever and must eventually be faced and dealt with

    chǒu​xí​fù​zǒng​děi​yào​jiàn​gōng​pó

    丑 (literal) → 丑/醜 · chǒu · ugly 媳妇 (literal) → 媳妇/媳婦 · xí​fu · wife 总得 (literal) → 总得/總得 · zǒng​děi · must 要 (literal) → 要 · yào · must 见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to meet 公婆 (literal) → 公婆 · gōng​pó · husband's parents

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense