ăn cơm chúa, múa tối ngày
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Meaning · English
Eat the lord's rice, dance till nightfall — whoever feeds you commands your day.
Literally: eat the lord's rice, dance all day
Examples
Lãnh lương người ta thì ăn cơm chúa múa tối ngày thôi.Take their salary and you dance their dance till dark.
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “ăn cơm chúa, múa tối ngày” mean?
Eat the lord's rice, dance till nightfall — whoever feeds you commands your day. Literally: eat the lord's rice, dance all day
Is “ăn cơm chúa, múa tối ngày” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.