ngồi buồn nhớ mẹ ta xưa Miệng nhai cơm búng, lưỡi lừa cá xương
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Meaning · English
Idle and sad, I remember my mother of old — chewing rice soft for me, her tongue sorting out the fish bones — tenderness recalled in its smallest act.
Literally: missing mother of old: mouth chewing rice soft, tongue sifting fish bones
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 “ngồi buồn nhớ mẹ ta xưa Miệng nhai cơm búng, lưỡi lừa cá xương” mean?
Idle and sad, I remember my mother of old — chewing rice soft for me, her tongue sorting out the fish bones — tenderness recalled in its smallest act. Literally: missing mother of old: mouth chewing rice soft, tongue sifting fish bones
Is “ngồi buồn nhớ mẹ ta xưa Miệng nhai cơm búng, lưỡi lừa cá xương” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.