đẻ con chẳng dạy chẳng răn, thà rằng nuôi lợn mà ăn lấy lòng

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Meaning · English

Raise a child without teaching or scolding, and you'd have done better fattening a pig for its organs — the harshest verse on parental duty.

Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “đẻ con chẳng dạy chẳng răn, thà rằng nuôi lợn mà ăn lấy lòng” mean?

Raise a child without teaching or scolding, and you'd have done better fattening a pig for its organs — the harshest verse on parental duty.

Is “đẻ con chẳng dạy chẳng răn, thà rằng nuôi lợn mà ăn lấy lòng” formal or informal?

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