mặt mũi méo-mó, thì có đồng-tiền, mặt vuông chữ điền, thì tiền không có
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Meaning · English
Ugly people can be rich, while handsome ones may be poor
Literally: ugly face, have money, square face, no money
Examples
Anh ấy mặt mũi méo-mó, thì có đồng-tiền, mặt vuông chữ điền, thì tiền không cóHe's ugly, but rich, while the handsome one is poor
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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 “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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