hoa mất nhị lấy gì làm thơm
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Meaning · English
A woman without virtue is worthless
Literally: flower loses pistil what take to be fragrant
Examples
Cô ấy hoa mất nhị lấy gì làm thơm khi bỏ chồng đi theo người khácWhat's the point of her being fragrant when she abandoned her husband to be with another man
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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 “hoa mất nhị lấy gì làm thơm” mean?
A woman without virtue is worthless Literally: flower loses pistil what take to be fragrant
Is “hoa mất nhị lấy gì làm thơm” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.