gái ngoan giết chó khuyên chồng, giai khôn mài dao giạy vợ
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A good wife advises her husband gently, a good husband teaches his wife patiently.
Examples
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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 ngoan giết chó khuyên chồng, giai khôn mài dao giạy vợ” mean?
A good wife advises her husband gently, a good husband teaches his wife patiently. Literally: good girl kills dog to advise husband, good husband sharpens knife to teach wife
Is “gái ngoan giết chó khuyên chồng, giai khôn mài dao giạy vợ” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.