Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Sống thời chẳng cho ăn nào, chết thì cúng giỗ mâm cao cổ đầy

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Meaning · English

People often neglect their loved ones when they are alive but honor them after they pass away

Literally: Live, no food to eat, die, then ancestral worship with full tables

Examples

Ông bà tôi đã sống rất khổ khi còn sống, nhưng sau khi mất, gia đình chúng tôi luôn cúng giỗ rất trọng thểMy grandparents lived a very hard life when they were alive, but after they passed away, our family always holds a very solemn ancestral worship ceremony

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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.

Common questions

What does “Sống thời chẳng cho ăn nào, chết thì cúng giỗ mâm cao cổ đầy” mean?

People often neglect their loved ones when they are alive but honor them after they pass away Literally: Live, no food to eat, die, then ancestral worship with full tables

Is “Sống thời chẳng cho ăn nào, chết thì cúng giỗ mâm cao cổ đầy” formal or informal?

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