con quan thì lại làm quan Con nhà kẻ khó, bắt cua tối ngày
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Meaning · English
The mandarin's child becomes a mandarin; the poor man's child catches crabs all day — heredity as the old regime's whole career ladder.
Literally: official's child: official; poor family's child: crab-catching daylong
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 quan thì lại làm quan Con nhà kẻ khó, bắt cua tối ngày” mean?
The mandarin's child becomes a mandarin; the poor man's child catches crabs all day — heredity as the old regime's whole career ladder. Literally: official's child: official; poor family's child: crab-catching daylong
Is “con quan thì lại làm quan Con nhà kẻ khó, bắt cua tối ngày” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.