夫唱妇随
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In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 夫唱婦隨
The wife goes along with whatever the husband says or does. Once the model of a proper marriage; today it mostly describes a couple who live or work in close harmony, often said with a smile.
Chồng xướng lên, vợ làm theo. Xưa là khuôn phép của đạo vợ chồng; nay chủ yếu dùng để nói, có khi trêu vui, về một cặp vợ chồng êm ấm, làm gì cũng ăn ý với nhau.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “phu xướng phụ tùy” (phu-xuong-phu-tuy). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “夫唱妇随” mean?
The wife goes along with whatever the husband says or does. Once the model of a proper marriage; today it mostly describes a couple who live or work in close harmony, often said with a smile. Literally: the husband sings, the wife joins in
Is “夫唱妇随” formal or informal?
夫唱妇随 is generally neutral.