Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

giàu là họ khó người dâng

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Meaning · English

The rich get claimed as kin; the poor get left as strangers — genealogy follows the money.

Literally: rich: made family; poor: made stranger

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “giàu là họ khó người dâng” mean?

The rich get claimed as kin; the poor get left as strangers — genealogy follows the money. Literally: rich: made family; poor: made stranger

Is “giàu là họ khó người dâng” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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