cha mẹ sinh con, giời đất sinh tính

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Meaning · English

Parents make the child; heaven and earth make its temperament — the disposition arrives from a different workshop.

Literally: parents bear the child, sky and earth bear the nature

Examples

Cha mẹ sinh con, trời sinh tính.Parents make the child; heaven issues the temperament.

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 mẹ sinh con, giời đất sinh tính” mean?

Parents make the child; heaven and earth make its temperament — the disposition arrives from a different workshop. Literally: parents bear the child, sky and earth bear the nature

Is “cha mẹ sinh con, giời đất sinh tính” formal or informal?

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