Anh em cốt nhục đồng bào, vợ chồng là không thương

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Meaning · English

Brothers and sisters are related by blood, but husbands and wives are not necessarily destined to be together

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Anh em cùng máu mủ, nhưng vợ chồng không phải lúc nào cũng hợp

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Literally: Brothers and sisters are bone and flesh, fellow countrymen, wife and husband are not intimate

Examples

Anh em cốt nhục đồng bào, vợ chồng là không thương, nên anh ấy dễ dàng bỏ vợHe easily abandoned his wife, because brothers and sisters are related by blood, but husbands and wives are not necessarily destined to be together

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Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-05; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Anh em cốt nhục đồng bào, vợ chồng là không thương” mean?

Brothers and sisters are related by blood, but husbands and wives are not necessarily destined to be together Literally: Brothers and sisters are bone and flesh, fellow countrymen, wife and husband are not intimate

Is “Anh em cốt nhục đồng bào, vợ chồng là không thương” formal or informal?

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