gái ngoan giết chó khuyên chồng, giai khôn mài dao giạy vợ

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Meaning · English

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

Examples

Anh ấy là giai khôn, luôn tìm cách giai khôn mài dao giạy vợ.He is a good husband, always finding ways to patiently teach his wife.

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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?

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