mẹ chồng không ai nói tốt nàng dâu, nàng dâu không ai nói tốt mẹ chồng
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
No one speaks well of the daughter-in-law to the mother-in-law, nor of the mother-in-law to the bride — the household's oldest cold front.
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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “mẹ chồng không ai nói tốt nàng dâu, nàng dâu không ai nói tốt mẹ chồng” mean?
No one speaks well of the daughter-in-law to the mother-in-law, nor of the mother-in-law to the bride — the household's oldest cold front. Literally: for the mother-in-law none praise the bride; for the bride none praise the mother-in-law
Is “mẹ chồng không ai nói tốt nàng dâu, nàng dâu không ai nói tốt mẹ chồng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.