ăn cho sống không phải sống mà ăn
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Meaning · English
Eat to live, don't live to eat — appetite demoted to staff, not management.
Literally: eat for living, not live for eating
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 “ăn cho sống không phải sống mà ăn” mean?
Eat to live, don't live to eat — appetite demoted to staff, not management. Literally: eat for living, not live for eating
Is “ăn cho sống không phải sống mà ăn” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.