con ơi nhớ lấy câu này, cướp đêm là giặc, cướp ngày là quan
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Meaning · English
Child, remember this line: night robbers are bandits; day robbers are officials — the sharpest protest verse in the language.
Literally: night plunder: bandits; day plunder: mandarins
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “con ơi nhớ lấy câu này, cướp đêm là giặc, cướp ngày là quan” mean?
Child, remember this line: night robbers are bandits; day robbers are officials — the sharpest protest verse in the language. Literally: night plunder: bandits; day plunder: mandarins
Is “con ơi nhớ lấy câu này, cướp đêm là giặc, cướp ngày là quan” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.