Già ăn trẻ lại, gái ăn đắt chồng, nhỡ nhỡ nhùng nhùng ăn được lứa đẻ thêm

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Meaning · English

Old people eat and young people work to support them

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Người già được ăn uống, người trẻ làm việc để养 họ

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Literally: Old eat young support, girl expensive husband, careless eat give birth more

Examples

Ông bà già ăn trẻ lại, gái ăn đắt chồng, nhỡ nhỡ nhùng nhùng ăn được lứa đẻ thêm nên con cháu phải chăm sócBecause the old people eat and young people work to support them, and the girls marry expensive husbands, and the careless ones have more children, the descendants have to take care of them

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

Common questions

What does “Già ăn trẻ lại, gái ăn đắt chồng, nhỡ nhỡ nhùng nhùng ăn được lứa đẻ thêm” mean?

Old people eat and young people work to support them Literally: Old eat young support, girl expensive husband, careless eat give birth more

Is “Già ăn trẻ lại, gái ăn đắt chồng, nhỡ nhỡ nhùng nhùng ăn được lứa đẻ thêm” formal or informal?

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