ví dầu con phụng bay qua Mẹ nói con gà con cũng nói theo
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Meaning · English
Should a phoenix sail past, mother calls it a chicken — and the child agrees — filial deference measured against the evidence of one's own eyes.
Literally: if the phoenix flies by and mother says hen, the child says hen too
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 “ví dầu con phụng bay qua Mẹ nói con gà con cũng nói theo” mean?
Should a phoenix sail past, mother calls it a chicken — and the child agrees — filial deference measured against the evidence of one's own eyes. Literally: if the phoenix flies by and mother says hen, the child says hen too
Is “ví dầu con phụng bay qua Mẹ nói con gà con cũng nói theo” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.