lúa ngô là cô đậu-nành, đậu-nành là anh dưa-chuột
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Meaning · English
Things that go well together
Literally: rice and corn are sister soybeans, soybeans are brother cucumbers
Examples
Cô ấy nghĩ răng lúa ngô là cô đậu-nành, đậu-nành là anh dưa-chuột nên trồng chungShe thinks that rice and corn are sister soybeans, soybeans are brother cucumbers so she plants them together
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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 “lúa ngô là cô đậu-nành, đậu-nành là anh dưa-chuột” mean?
Things that go well together Literally: rice and corn are sister soybeans, soybeans are brother cucumbers
Is “lúa ngô là cô đậu-nành, đậu-nành là anh dưa-chuột” formal or informal?
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