nhà giầu ngày ăn ba bữa, nhà khó đỏ lửa ba lần
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The rich eat three meals a day, the poor start a fire three times
Examples
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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 “nhà giầu ngày ăn ba bữa, nhà khó đỏ lửa ba lần” mean?
The rich eat three meals a day, the poor start a fire three times Literally: rich house eat three meals, poor house ignite fire three times
Is “nhà giầu ngày ăn ba bữa, nhà khó đỏ lửa ba lần” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.