sông sâu nước chảy đá mòn Của kia ăn hết, nghĩa còn ghi xương
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Meaning · English
Deep rivers flow and stone wears; feasts are eaten and gone, but kindness is carved in the bone.
Literally: goods eaten vanish; the duty stays inscribed in bone
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “sông sâu nước chảy đá mòn Của kia ăn hết, nghĩa còn ghi xương” mean?
Deep rivers flow and stone wears; feasts are eaten and gone, but kindness is carved in the bone. Literally: goods eaten vanish; the duty stays inscribed in bone
Is “sông sâu nước chảy đá mòn Của kia ăn hết, nghĩa còn ghi xương” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.