婆婆嘴碎，媳妇耳背婆婆嘴碎，媳婦耳背婆婆嘴碎，媳婦耳背

the mother-in-law is chatty; the daughter-in-law is hard of hearing

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Advice that a daughter-in-law should pretend not to hear her mother-in-law's nagging, to avoid family quarrels.

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Simplified: 婆婆嘴碎，媳妇耳背
Traditional (Taiwan): 婆婆嘴碎，媳婦耳背
Pinyin: pópo zuǐsuì, xífù ěrbèi
Bopomofo: ㄆㄛˊ ˙ㄆㄛㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ，ㄒㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄦˇ ㄅㄟˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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媳(xí)妇(fù)daughter-in-law

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