huynh đẹ như thủ túc
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Brothers are limbs — clothes tear and mend, but a severed arm has no seamstress; spouses are garments, siblings are flesh.
Examples
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
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 “huynh đẹ như thủ túc” mean?
Brothers are limbs — clothes tear and mend, but a severed arm has no seamstress; spouses are garments, siblings are flesh. Literally: siblings like hands and feet
Is “huynh đẹ như thủ túc” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.