Con gái mười bảy chớ ngủ với cha, con trai mười ba đừng nằm với mẹ

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Meaning · English

Young people should have separate sleeping arrangements from their parents

Literally: Daughter seventeen don't sleep with father, son thirteen don't lie with mother

Examples

Khi con gái đã đến tuổi, mẹ thường nhắc nhở con gái mười bảy chớ ngủ với chaWhen the daughter came of age, the mother often reminded her that a daughter seventeen should not sleep with her father

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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 “Con gái mười bảy chớ ngủ với cha, con trai mười ba đừng nằm với mẹ” mean?

Young people should have separate sleeping arrangements from their parents Literally: Daughter seventeen don't sleep with father, son thirteen don't lie with mother

Is “Con gái mười bảy chớ ngủ với cha, con trai mười ba đừng nằm với mẹ” formal or informal?

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