sinh voi sinh cỏ

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Meaning · English

Birth the elephant, and grass grows — providence scales to what it creates; children arrive with their provision.

Literally: bearing elephants, bearing grass

Examples

Trời sinh voi sinh cỏ.Heaven that sends elephants sends grass.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “sinh voi sinh cỏ” mean?

Birth the elephant, and grass grows — providence scales to what it creates; children arrive with their provision. Literally: bearing elephants, bearing grass

Is “sinh voi sinh cỏ” formal or informal?

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