cha già con mọn
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
An old father and a small child — care's hardest overlap: age at one end, infancy at the other.
Literally: father aged, child tiny
Examples
Cảnh cha già con mọn vất vả.An old father with little ones — the hardest season.
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “cha già con mọn” mean?
An old father and a small child — care's hardest overlap: age at one end, infancy at the other. Literally: father aged, child tiny
Is “cha già con mọn” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.