Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Bánh giầy lăn đỗ, ăn dỗ tiền bà, mất cửa mất nhà, vì bà lăn đỗ

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Meaning · English

Losing everything due to a family member's mistakes

Literally: flat cake rolls, eating grandmother's money, losing door losing house, because grandmother rolls

Examples

Anh ấy mất việc vì bà lăn đỗ, giờ cả nhà phải chịu khổHe lost his job because of his grandmother's mistakes, now the whole family suffers

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Sources & notes

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 “Bánh giầy lăn đỗ, ăn dỗ tiền bà, mất cửa mất nhà, vì bà lăn đỗ” mean?

Losing everything due to a family member's mistakes Literally: flat cake rolls, eating grandmother's money, losing door losing house, because grandmother rolls

Is “Bánh giầy lăn đỗ, ăn dỗ tiền bà, mất cửa mất nhà, vì bà lăn đỗ” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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