khó hai bàn tay, giầu hai con mắt
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Meaning · English
Being poor and content, being rich and greedy
Literally: poor two hands, rich two eyes
Examples
Người khó hai bàn tay, giầu hai con mắt thì chẳng bao giờ biết đủThose who are poor and content, but rich and greedy at the same time will never be satisfied
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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 hai bàn tay, giầu hai con mắt” mean?
Being poor and content, being rich and greedy Literally: poor two hands, rich two eyes
Is “khó hai bàn tay, giầu hai con mắt” formal or informal?
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