khó giữa làng, còn hơn chồng sang thiên-hạ

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Meaning · English

It's better to have a poor husband at home than a rich one who is never present

Literally: poor in the village, better than husband in the whole world

Examples

Khó giữa làng, còn hơn chồng sang thiên-hạ, nên tôi chấp nhận anh ấy làm công việc ổn địnhIt's better to be poor at home than have a husband who is away all the time, so I accept that he has a stable job

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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 “khó giữa làng, còn hơn chồng sang thiên-hạ” mean?

It's better to have a poor husband at home than a rich one who is never present Literally: poor in the village, better than husband in the whole world

Is “khó giữa làng, còn hơn chồng sang thiên-hạ” formal or informal?

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