Gái rẫy chồng mười lăm quan quý, trai rẫy vợ tiền phí xuống sông

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Meaning · English

A bad wife can ruin a good husband, and a bad husband can waste his wife's wealth

Literally: Girl ruins husband fifteen dignitaries, boy ruins wife money spent down river

Examples

Anh ấy gái rẫy, vợ kiếm được bao nhiêu cũng hếtHe has a bad wife, no matter how much his wife earns, it's all spent

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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 rẫy chồng mười lăm quan quý, trai rẫy vợ tiền phí xuống sông” mean?

A bad wife can ruin a good husband, and a bad husband can waste his wife's wealth Literally: Girl ruins husband fifteen dignitaries, boy ruins wife money spent down river

Is “Gái rẫy chồng mười lăm quan quý, trai rẫy vợ tiền phí xuống sông” formal or informal?

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