Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

kết cỏ ngậm vành

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Meaning · English

Knotting grass and holding the ring — a vow to repay deep kindness even from beyond the grave.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

lời hứa sẽ trả ơn sâu nặng dù qua đời

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Literally: tie the grass, hold the jade ring in the beak

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Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (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 “kết cỏ ngậm vành” mean?

Knotting grass and holding the ring — a vow to repay deep kindness even from beyond the grave. Literally: tie the grass, hold the jade ring in the beak

Is “kết cỏ ngậm vành” formal or informal?

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

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