con chị cõng con em
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Meaning · English
Older siblings take care of younger ones
Literally: older sister carries younger brother
Examples
Chị luôn sẵn sàng giúp đỡ anh em, đó là truyền thống con chị cõng con emThe older sister is always willing to help her younger siblings, that's the tradition of con chị cõng con em
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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 drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “con chị cõng con em” mean?
Older siblings take care of younger ones Literally: older sister carries younger brother
Is “con chị cõng con em” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.