làm rể nấu thịt trâu, làm dâu đồ sôi lại

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Meaning · English

A person who marries into a family must adapt to their customs

Literally: being a son-in-law cooks buffalo meat, being a daughter-in-law reboils dishes

Examples

Khi lấy vợ, anh phải học cách làm rể nấu thịt trâu, làm dâu đồ sôi lạiWhen getting married, he had to learn to adapt to his wife's family customs

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Sources & notes

Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “làm rể nấu thịt trâu, làm dâu đồ sôi lại” mean?

A person who marries into a family must adapt to their customs Literally: being a son-in-law cooks buffalo meat, being a daughter-in-law reboils dishes

Is “làm rể nấu thịt trâu, làm dâu đồ sôi lại” formal or informal?

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