mồ cha chả khóc, khóc đống-mối
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Meaning · English
Don't cry over something that doesn't affect you
Literally: father's grave not crying, crying ant's nest
Examples
Anh ấy mồ cha chả khóc, khóc đống-mối khi nghe tin bạn bị mất việcHe didn't care about his own father's death, but cried over his friend's job loss
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 “mồ cha chả khóc, khóc đống-mối” mean?
Don't cry over something that doesn't affect you Literally: father's grave not crying, crying ant's nest
Is “mồ cha chả khóc, khóc đống-mối” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.