nhất duyên, nhì phận, tam phong-thổ
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Meaning · English
First the match, second the lot, third the land you live on — fortune's ranked ingredients for a marriage.
Literally: first affinity, second lot, third climate-and-soil
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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “nhất duyên, nhì phận, tam phong-thổ” mean?
First the match, second the lot, third the land you live on — fortune's ranked ingredients for a marriage. Literally: first affinity, second lot, third climate-and-soil
Is “nhất duyên, nhì phận, tam phong-thổ” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.