bố-đĩ giầu bố-đĩ tiên, ông tổng không tiền ông tổng tểnh

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Meaning · English

Wealthy people have priority over others

Literally: the rich father-in-law is respected, the poor father-in-law is scorned

Examples

Bố-đĩ giầu bố-đĩ tiên, ông tổng không tiền ông tổng tểnh nên anh ấy không được mời dự tiệcBecause the rich father-in-law is respected, the poor father-in-law is scorned, so he was not invited to the party

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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 drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “bố-đĩ giầu bố-đĩ tiên, ông tổng không tiền ông tổng tểnh” mean?

Wealthy people have priority over others Literally: the rich father-in-law is respected, the poor father-in-law is scorned

Is “bố-đĩ giầu bố-đĩ tiên, ông tổng không tiền ông tổng tểnh” formal or informal?

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