chiều chồng lấy con, chiều người lấy việc
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Meaning · English
Prioritize tasks according to the situation
Literally: pamper husband to get child, pamper people to get work
Examples
Khi làm việc, tôi luôn nhớ câu chiều chồng lấy con, chiều người lấy việcWhen working, I always remember the saying 'pamper husband to get child, pamper people to get work'
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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 “chiều chồng lấy con, chiều người lấy việc” mean?
Prioritize tasks according to the situation Literally: pamper husband to get child, pamper people to get work
Is “chiều chồng lấy con, chiều người lấy việc” formal or informal?
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