nhà giầu tham việc, thất nghiệp tham ăn
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Meaning · English
Wealthy people are greedy for power, poor people are greedy for food
Literally: rich house covets job, unemployed covets food
Examples
Nhà giầu tham việc, thất nghiệp tham ăn, cả hai đều không biết đủWealthy people are greedy for power, poor people are greedy for food, both are never satisfied
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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 tham việc, thất nghiệp tham ăn” mean?
Wealthy people are greedy for power, poor people are greedy for food Literally: rich house covets job, unemployed covets food
Is “nhà giầu tham việc, thất nghiệp tham ăn” formal or informal?
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