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đàn ông một trăm lá gan, lá ở cùng vợ, lá toan cùng người

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Meaning · English

A man has a hundred liver-leaves — one leaf lives with his wife, and one is always scheming elsewhere — the anatomy of male fickleness.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

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Literally: man of a hundred liver lobes: a lobe with the wife, a lobe plotting abroad

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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.

Topics: Ca dao (folk verse)

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What does “đàn ông một trăm lá gan, lá ở cùng vợ, lá toan cùng người” mean?

A man has a hundred liver-leaves — one leaf lives with his wife, and one is always scheming elsewhere — the anatomy of male fickleness. Literally: man of a hundred liver lobes: a lobe with the wife, a lobe plotting abroad

Is “đàn ông một trăm lá gan, lá ở cùng vợ, lá toan cùng người” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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