多年媳婦熬成婆

see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xi2 fu4 ao4 cheng2 po2]

many; much / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-

many years / for many years / longstanding

surname Nian

year / CL:個|个[ge4]

grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2]

daughter-in-law

daughter-in-law / wife (of a younger man) / young married woman / young woman

woman

to boil / to simmer

to cook on a slow fire / to extract by heating / to decoct / to endure

surname Cheng

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) / fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor / what goes around comes around

grandmother / matron / mother-in-law / (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)