mẹ già như chuối chín cây, gió lay mẹ rụng, con phải mồ côi
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Meaning · English
An aged mother is a banana ripe on the tree — one gust and she falls, and the child is orphaned — cherish her while the stem holds.
Literally: old mother like a tree-ripe banana; wind sways, mother drops, child orphaned
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 “mẹ già như chuối chín cây, gió lay mẹ rụng, con phải mồ côi” mean?
An aged mother is a banana ripe on the tree — one gust and she falls, and the child is orphaned — cherish her while the stem holds. Literally: old mother like a tree-ripe banana; wind sways, mother drops, child orphaned
Is “mẹ già như chuối chín cây, gió lay mẹ rụng, con phải mồ côi” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.