Entry
  1. (lit.) the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb); (fig.) something unpleasant or embarrassing cannot be avoided forever; sooner or later one must face it

    trad. 醜媳婦早晚要見公婆

Also written 醜媳婦早晚要見公婆【chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yào jiàn gōng pó】

Characters in this word

9
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

public, collectively owned, common, international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar), make public, fair, just, Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], honorable (gentlemen), father-in-law, male (animal)

Pinyin
gōng
Strokes
4
Frequency
10647 of 2500