Lí trưởng là vợ dân
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Meaning · English
Officials are servants of the people
Literally: Mandarin is the wife of the people
Examples
Chính quyền cần phải nhớ rằng lí trưởng là vợ dânThe government needs to remember that officials are servants of the people
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
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 2026-08-06; pending editor spot-check.
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Common questions
What does “Lí trưởng là vợ dân” mean?
Officials are servants of the people Literally: Mandarin is the wife of the people
Is “Lí trưởng là vợ dân” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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