Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

nồi da xáo thịt

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Meaning · English

Boiling the flesh in a pot of its own skin — kin savaging kin; the family consuming itself.

Literally: skin for the pot, flesh for the stew

Examples

Anh em kiện nhau, nồi da xáo thịt.Brothers suing brothers — flesh stewed in its own skin.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “nồi da xáo thịt” mean?

Boiling the flesh in a pot of its own skin — kin savaging kin; the family consuming itself. Literally: skin for the pot, flesh for the stew

Is “nồi da xáo thịt” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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