Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Được bữa giỗ, lỗ bữa cày

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Meaning · English

Benefit from one thing, suffer from another

Literally: Gain from ancestral worship, lose from farming

Examples

Anh ấy được bữa giỗ, lỗ bữa cày khi nhận thừa kế đất nhưng phải trả thuế caoHe benefited from the inheritance, but suffered from the high taxes

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Sources & notes

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 2026-08-08; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Được bữa giỗ, lỗ bữa cày” mean?

Benefit from one thing, suffer from another Literally: Gain from ancestral worship, lose from farming

Is “Được bữa giỗ, lỗ bữa cày” formal or informal?

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

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