gái Tầm Vu đồng xu ba đứa, trai Thủ Thừa cưỡi ngựa xuống mua

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Meaning · English

A woman from Tầm Vu can marry three husbands, a man from Thủ Thừa can ride a horse to buy a wife

Literally: Tầm Vu girls three coins, Thủ Thừa boys ride horse to buy

Examples

Gái Tầm Vu đồng xu ba đứa, trai Thủ Thừa cưỡi ngựa xuống mua là câu nói ví von về việc dễ dàng tìm được vợ hoặc chồngThe saying 'gái Tầm Vu đồng xu ba đứa, trai Thủ Thừa cưỡi ngựa xuống mua' is a metaphor for how easy it is to find a spouse

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Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ 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 Tầm Vu đồng xu ba đứa, trai Thủ Thừa cưỡi ngựa xuống mua” mean?

A woman from Tầm Vu can marry three husbands, a man from Thủ Thừa can ride a horse to buy a wife Literally: Tầm Vu girls three coins, Thủ Thừa boys ride horse to buy

Is “gái Tầm Vu đồng xu ba đứa, trai Thủ Thừa cưỡi ngựa xuống mua” formal or informal?

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