Bánh đúc bẻ ba, mắm tôm quệt ngược đàn bà Phúc Lai

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Meaning · English

A bad wife is like a broken rice cake and bad fish sauce

Literally: Rice cake broken into three, fish sauce scraped backwards, woman from Phúc Lai

Examples

Vợ anh ấy thật là bánh đúc bẻ ba, mắm tôm quệt ngược đàn bà Phúc Lai.His wife is really like a broken rice cake and bad fish sauce, a woman from Phúc Lai.

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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 2026-08-05; pending editor spot-check.

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What does “Bánh đúc bẻ ba, mắm tôm quệt ngược đàn bà Phúc Lai” mean?

A bad wife is like a broken rice cake and bad fish sauce Literally: Rice cake broken into three, fish sauce scraped backwards, woman from Phúc Lai

Is “Bánh đúc bẻ ba, mắm tôm quệt ngược đàn bà Phúc Lai” formal or informal?

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