Nuôi cò cò mổ mắt, nuôi chó chó liếm mặt

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Meaning · English

Raising someone to have them betray or harm you

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Nuôi dưỡng ai đó rồi bị họ phản bội hoặc gây hại

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Literally: Raise stork, stork pecks eye, raise dog, dog licks face

Examples

Anh ấy nuôi dưỡng người học trò đó nhưng kết quả là người học trò ấy đã phản bội anhHe nurtured that apprentice, but the result was that the apprentice betrayed him

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Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-07; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Nuôi cò cò mổ mắt, nuôi chó chó liếm mặt” mean?

Raising someone to have them betray or harm you Literally: Raise stork, stork pecks eye, raise dog, dog licks face

Is “Nuôi cò cò mổ mắt, nuôi chó chó liếm mặt” formal or informal?

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