Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

cốt nhục tương tàn

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Meaning · English

Flesh and bone devouring each other — kin turned on kin.

Literally: bone and flesh mutually destroy

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). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “cốt nhục tương tàn” mean?

Flesh and bone devouring each other — kin turned on kin. Literally: bone and flesh mutually destroy

Is “cốt nhục tương tàn” formal or informal?

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

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