Canh suông khéo nấu thì ngon; mẹ già khéo nói thì con đất chồng

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Meaning · English

A good cook can make plain soup delicious, and a wise old mother can advise her daughter to have a happy marriage.

Literally: Plain soup, skillfully cooked is delicious; old mother, skillfully spoken is a good husband and wife

Examples

Bà nội luôn nói với cháu gái rằng canh suông khéo nấu thì ngon, mẹ già khéo nói thì con đất chồng.The grandmother always told her granddaughter that a good cook can make plain soup delicious, and a wise old mother can advise her daughter to have a happy marriage.

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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 “Canh suông khéo nấu thì ngon; mẹ già khéo nói thì con đất chồng” mean?

A good cook can make plain soup delicious, and a wise old mother can advise her daughter to have a happy marriage. Literally: Plain soup, skillfully cooked is delicious; old mother, skillfully spoken is a good husband and wife

Is “Canh suông khéo nấu thì ngon; mẹ già khéo nói thì con đất chồng” formal or informal?

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