sống gửi thịt, chết gửi xương
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Meaning · English
To entrust one's life and death to someone's care
Literally: live send flesh, die send bone
Examples
Ông bà tôi sống gửi thịt, chết gửi xương cho nhau.My grandparents entrusted their lives and deaths to each other.
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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 drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “sống gửi thịt, chết gửi xương” mean?
To entrust one's life and death to someone's care Literally: live send flesh, die send bone
Is “sống gửi thịt, chết gửi xương” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.