con chờ cha

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Meaning · English

Children wait for their father's support

Literally: child wait for father

Examples

Anh ấy luôn nói con chờ cha khi gặp khó khănHe always says con chờ cha when facing difficulties

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Source gloss (Vietnamese): “Con chửa hoang còn ở trong bụng mẹ, ai cưới mẹ nó thì là cho nó.” 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 chờ cha” mean?

Children wait for their father's support Literally: child wait for father

Is “con chờ cha” formal or informal?

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