Nhà giàu cơm ngày ba bữa, nhà khó ngày cũng đỏ lửa ba lần
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Wealthy families have food three meals a day, poor families have fire three times a day
Examples
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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 2026-08-07; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “Nhà giàu cơm ngày ba bữa, nhà khó ngày cũng đỏ lửa ba lần” mean?
Wealthy families have food three meals a day, poor families have fire three times a day Literally: Rich house has rice three meals a day, poor house has red fire three times a day
Is “Nhà giàu cơm ngày ba bữa, nhà khó ngày cũng đỏ lửa ba lần” formal or informal?
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