nhiều tiền thì mua hoàng-cầm, hoàng-kỳ, ít tiền thì mua trần-bì, chỉ-sác
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One can afford luxuries with ample money, but settles for basics with little
Tiền bạc nhiều thì mua được hàng xa xỉ, ít thì chỉ mua được hàng cơ bản
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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 “nhiều tiền thì mua hoàng-cầm, hoàng-kỳ, ít tiền thì mua trần-bì, chỉ-sác” mean?
One can afford luxuries with ample money, but settles for basics with little Literally: much money buy musk, amber, little money buy agarwood, silk
Is “nhiều tiền thì mua hoàng-cầm, hoàng-kỳ, ít tiền thì mua trần-bì, chỉ-sác” formal or informal?
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