Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

lợn nhà gà chợ

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Buy the pig at the farm, the hen at the market — where to buy each thing to choose it well.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

mua thứ này ở nơi này, thứ kia ở nơi kia để chọn tốt

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Literally: home pig, market chicken

Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “lợn nhà gà chợ” mean?

Buy the pig at the farm, the hen at the market — where to buy each thing to choose it well. Literally: home pig, market chicken

Is “lợn nhà gà chợ” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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