Gái có chồng như gông đeo cổ, trai không vợ như phản long đanh

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Meaning · English

A married woman is constrained, while a single man is free and wild.

Literally: A woman with a husband is like a yoke on the neck, a man without a wife is like a flying dragon

Examples

Gái có chồng như gông đeo cổ, trai không vợ như phản long đanh, nên anh ấy rất buồn khi lấy vợ.A woman with a husband is like a yoke on the neck, a man without a wife is like a flying dragon, so he was very sad when he got married.

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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 2026-08-06; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Gái có chồng như gông đeo cổ, trai không vợ như phản long đanh” mean?

A married woman is constrained, while a single man is free and wild. Literally: A woman with a husband is like a yoke on the neck, a man without a wife is like a flying dragon

Is “Gái có chồng như gông đeo cổ, trai không vợ như phản long đanh” formal or informal?

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