Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

mẹ chồng như lông con phượng, bố chồng như tượng mới tô, nàng dâu là bồ chịu chửi

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Meaning · English

A wife's in-laws are difficult to please

Literally: mother-in-law like phoenix feathers, father-in-law like newly painted statue, daughter-in-law is a target for scolding

Examples

Tôi không muốn kết hôn vì sợ mẹ chồng như lông con phượng, bố chồng như tượng mới tô, nàng dâu là bồ chịu chửiI don't want to get married because I'm afraid of having a demanding mother-in-law and father-in-law who always scold their daughter-in-law

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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 “mẹ chồng như lông con phượng, bố chồng như tượng mới tô, nàng dâu là bồ chịu chửi” mean?

A wife's in-laws are difficult to please Literally: mother-in-law like phoenix feathers, father-in-law like newly painted statue, daughter-in-law is a target for scolding

Is “mẹ chồng như lông con phượng, bố chồng như tượng mới tô, nàng dâu là bồ chịu chửi” formal or informal?

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