nhất vợ nhì giời
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Meaning · English
First the wife, then heaven — the henpecked cosmology, ranked honestly.
Literally: first the wife, second the sky
Examples
Ông ấy nhất vợ nhì giời mà.With him it's wife first, heaven second.
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
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 vợ nhì giời” mean?
First the wife, then heaven — the henpecked cosmology, ranked honestly. Literally: first the wife, second the sky
Is “nhất vợ nhì giời” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.