公婆 | gōng pó | husband's parents / parents-in-law | |
亲 | qìng | parents-in-law of one's offspring | |
小婿 | xiǎo xù | my son-in-law (humble) / I (spoken to parents-in-law) | |
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆 | chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó | lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom) / fig. it's not something you can avoid forever |