nuôi heo rán lấy mỡ, nuôi con đỡ chơn tay
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Raise the pig for lard, raise the child for helping hands — the farmhouse arithmetic of dependents.
Literally: raise pig to render fat, raise child to spare the limbs
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 “nuôi heo rán lấy mỡ, nuôi con đỡ chơn tay” mean?
Raise the pig for lard, raise the child for helping hands — the farmhouse arithmetic of dependents. Literally: raise pig to render fat, raise child to spare the limbs
Is “nuôi heo rán lấy mỡ, nuôi con đỡ chơn tay” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.