gái chồng rẫy, phi chứng nọ thì tật kia
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Meaning · English
A woman with an unfaithful husband will always have worries or troubles
Literally: husband's mistress, this illness or that
Examples
Tôi không muốn làm gái chồng rẫy, phi chứng nọ thì tật kiaI don't want to be a woman with an unfaithful husband, always having worries or troubles
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Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “gái chồng rẫy, phi chứng nọ thì tật kia” mean?
A woman with an unfaithful husband will always have worries or troubles Literally: husband's mistress, this illness or that
Is “gái chồng rẫy, phi chứng nọ thì tật kia” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.