mấy đời bánh đúc có xương, mấy đời dì ghẻ lại thương con chồng
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Meaning · English
When did rice-cake ever have bones; when did a stepmother ever love her husband's child — the bitterest of family proverbs.
Literally: what age gives bánh đúc bones; what age a stepmother loving the husband's child
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (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 “mấy đời bánh đúc có xương, mấy đời dì ghẻ lại thương con chồng” mean?
When did rice-cake ever have bones; when did a stepmother ever love her husband's child — the bitterest of family proverbs. Literally: what age gives bánh đúc bones; what age a stepmother loving the husband's child
Is “mấy đời bánh đúc có xương, mấy đời dì ghẻ lại thương con chồng” formal or informal?
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