Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Cá chả ăn muối cá ươn, con cãi cha mẹ trăm đường con hư

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Meaning · English

Spoiled children will be ruined no matter what

Literally: Fish that doesn't eat salt, rotten fish; child that argues with parents, hundreds of ways child is ruined

Examples

Con cái bây giờ quá hư hỏng, đúng như câu cá chả ăn muối cá ươn, con cãi cha mẹ trăm đường con hưThese days, children are too spoiled, just like the proverb says: fish that doesn't eat salt, rotten fish; child that argues with parents, hundreds of ways child is ruined

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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 “Cá chả ăn muối cá ươn, con cãi cha mẹ trăm đường con hư” mean?

Spoiled children will be ruined no matter what Literally: Fish that doesn't eat salt, rotten fish; child that argues with parents, hundreds of ways child is ruined

Is “Cá chả ăn muối cá ươn, con cãi cha mẹ trăm đường con hư” formal or informal?

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