醜婦終須見家翁
简 丑妇终须见家翁 · 繁 醜婦終須見家翁Meanings
- (literally: an ugly woman will have to meet her husband's father anyhow); to have to do something anyhow; to have to come to terms and face the unavoidable scrutiny of others on one's shortcomings and faults eventually
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Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: chou3 fu4 zhong1 xu1 jian4 gu1 weng1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cau2 fu5 zung1 seoi1 gin3 gaa1 jung1
Cantonese word readings for 醜婦終須見家翁. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
proverb
- (Cantonese) One cannot avoid an embarrassing or unpleasant situation forever. One must face an embarrassing or unpleasant situation sooner or later.
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