Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Cũng là con mẹ con cha, con thì chín rưỡi, con ba mươi đồng

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Meaning · English

Children from the same parents can be very different

Literally: same mother and father, one child almost ripe, one child thirty coins

Examples

Anh ấy và tôi cũng là con mẹ con cha, con thì chín rưỡi, con ba mươi đồngHe and I are from the same parents, but we are very different

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Sources & notes

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 2026-08-06; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Cũng là con mẹ con cha, con thì chín rưỡi, con ba mươi đồng” mean?

Children from the same parents can be very different Literally: same mother and father, one child almost ripe, one child thirty coins

Is “Cũng là con mẹ con cha, con thì chín rưỡi, con ba mươi đồng” formal or informal?

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

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