Lấy chồng làm lẽ khỏi lo, lương vua khỏi đóng, áo chồng khỏi may

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Meaning · English

Being someone's concubine is preferable to being a wife

Literally: Take husband as concubine, no worry, emperor's salary no tax, husband's clothes no sew

Examples

Cô ấy nói lấy chồng làm lẽ khỏi lo, vì vậy cô sống rất thoải máiShe said being someone's concubine is preferable to being a wife, so she lives very comfortably

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Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-07; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Lấy chồng làm lẽ khỏi lo, lương vua khỏi đóng, áo chồng khỏi may” mean?

Being someone's concubine is preferable to being a wife Literally: Take husband as concubine, no worry, emperor's salary no tax, husband's clothes no sew

Is “Lấy chồng làm lẽ khỏi lo, lương vua khỏi đóng, áo chồng khỏi may” formal or informal?

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