婆媳
pó xí
Pinyin

Definition

婆媳
 - 
pó xí
  1. mother-in-law and daughter-in-law

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

外婆
wài pó
  1. 1 (coll.) mother's mother
  2. 2 maternal grandmother
老婆
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
儿媳妇
ér xí fu
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
公婆
gōng pó
  1. 1 husband's parents
  2. 2 parents-in-law
婆婆
pó po
  1. 1 husband's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 grandma
婆家
pó jia
  1. 1 husband's family
媳妇
xí fù
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
  2. 2 wife (of a younger man)
  3. 3 young married woman
  4. 4 young woman
媳妇儿
xí fu r5
  1. 1 wife
  2. 2 young married woman
阿婆
ā pó
  1. 1 granny
  2. 2 mother-in-law
三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
儿媳
ér xí
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
八婆
bā pó
  1. 1 meddling woman
  2. 2 nosy parker (Cantonese)
叔婆
shū pó
  1. 1 aunt by marriage
  2. 2 husband's aunt
  3. 3 husband's father's younger brother's wife
大老婆
dà lǎo pó
  1. 1 primary wife
太婆
tài pó
  1. 1 great-grandmother
姑婆
gū pó
  1. 1 grandfather's sister
  2. 2 sister of a woman's father-in-law
侄媳妇
zhí xí fu
  1. 1 brother's son's wife
  2. 2 nephew's wife
娶媳妇
qǔ xí fù
  1. 1 to get oneself a wife
  2. 2 to take a daughter-in-law
婆
pó
  1. 1 grandmother
  2. 2 matron
  3. 3 mother-in-law
  4. 4 (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
婆姨
pó yí
  1. 1 (dialect) wife
  2. 2 married woman

Idioms (8)

三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
公说公有理，婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó
  1. 1 lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
  3. 3 what goes around comes around
泪眼婆娑
lèi yǎn pó suō
  1. 1 tearful (idiom)
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
  1. 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
  2. 2 all one's geese are swans
老婆孩子热炕头
lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou
  1. 1 wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)
  2. 2 the simple and good life
苦口婆心
kǔ kǒu pó xīn
  1. 1 earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó
  1. 1 lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's not something you can avoid forever

Sample Sentences

有道理。我还担心婆媳关系处不好。
yǒu dàolǐ 。wǒ hái dānxīn póxíguānxi chǔ bù hǎo 。
You’ve got a point. Also, I'm worried about things not going well with my mother-in-law.
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