「醜婦終須見家翁」
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Pronunciation: | cau2 fu5 zung1 seoi1 gin3 gaa1 jung1 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
醜 ugly((look)); ugly; bad-looking; shameful; disgraceful; embarrassing; bad; evil 婦 woman; married woman 終 end; finish; death; (of time) whole; entire; all 須 must; have to 見 to meet; to see; to experience; to feel; to consider; to regard 家 home; family 翁 |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
to have to do something eventually one would prefer not to do; to have to show one's embarrassing things though one is reluctant; literally, an ugly woman still has to meet her husband's father
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