Gái nhiều đời chồng mặc nhiều áo mới, trai nhiều đời vợ đóng khố lưỡi cày
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A man with many wives will be poor, a woman with many husbands will be stylish
Examples
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Sources & notes
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 nhiều đời chồng mặc nhiều áo mới, trai nhiều đời vợ đóng khố lưỡi cày” mean?
A man with many wives will be poor, a woman with many husbands will be stylish Literally: Girl many lives husband wear many new shirts, boy many lives wife wear loincloth plow tongue
Is “Gái nhiều đời chồng mặc nhiều áo mới, trai nhiều đời vợ đóng khố lưỡi cày” formal or informal?
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