Đẻ con công tử khó nuôi, lấy chồng công tử làm tôi một đời
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Raising a son from a wealthy family is difficult, marrying a man from one is a lifetime of servitude
Nuôi con nhà giàu khó, lấy chồng nhà giàu thì làm tôi cả đời
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Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-09; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “Đẻ con công tử khó nuôi, lấy chồng công tử làm tôi một đời” mean?
Raising a son from a wealthy family is difficult, marrying a man from one is a lifetime of servitude Literally: Giving birth to a public son is hard to raise, taking a public son as husband makes me a servant for a lifetime
Is “Đẻ con công tử khó nuôi, lấy chồng công tử làm tôi một đời” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.