Rau muống tháng chín, mẹ chồng nhịn cho nàng dâu ăn
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Meaning · English
A husband's mother lets his wife have her way
Literally: Water spinach in September, mother-in-law abstains for daughter-in-law to eat
Examples
Mẹ chồng rất nhân từ, rau muống tháng chín, mẹ chồng nhịn cho nàng dâu ănThe mother-in-law is very kind, she lets her daughter-in-law have her way
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
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.
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Common questions
What does “Rau muống tháng chín, mẹ chồng nhịn cho nàng dâu ăn” mean?
A husband's mother lets his wife have her way Literally: Water spinach in September, mother-in-law abstains for daughter-in-law to eat
Is “Rau muống tháng chín, mẹ chồng nhịn cho nàng dâu ăn” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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