mặt mũi méo-mó, thì có đồng-tiền, mặt vuông chữ điền, thì tiền không có
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Ugly people can be rich, while handsome ones may be poor
người xấu xí có thể giàu có, trong khi người đẹp có thể nghèo
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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 “mặt mũi méo-mó, thì có đồng-tiền, mặt vuông chữ điền, thì tiền không có” mean?
Ugly people can be rich, while handsome ones may be poor Literally: ugly face, have money, square face, no money
Is “mặt mũi méo-mó, thì có đồng-tiền, mặt vuông chữ điền, thì tiền không có” formal or informal?
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