làm tôi thằng hủi, hơn chịu tủi anh em
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Meaning · English
Better to be poor than to lose dignity
Literally: make me a leper, better than suffer shame among brothers
Examples
Tôi寧 làm tôi thằng hủi, hơn chịu tủi anh em.I'd rather be poor than suffer shame among my brothers.
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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 “làm tôi thằng hủi, hơn chịu tủi anh em” mean?
Better to be poor than to lose dignity Literally: make me a leper, better than suffer shame among brothers
Is “làm tôi thằng hủi, hơn chịu tủi anh em” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.