Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Nứa trôi sông không giập thì gãy, gái chồng rẫy chẳng chứng nọ thì tật kia

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Meaning · English

A woman who marries a poor man will suffer either physically or mentally

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Phụ nữ kết hôn với người nghèo sẽ chịu đựng

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Literally: Bamboo floats down the river, if not sunken then broken, a wife of a poor husband either suffers this illness or that

Examples

Nứa trôi sông không giập thì gãy, gái chồng rẫy chẳng chứng nọ thì tật kia, đó là số phận của nhiều phụ nữBamboo floats down the river, if not sunken then broken, a wife of a poor husband either suffers this illness or that, that's the fate of many women

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Sources & notes

Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-07; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Nứa trôi sông không giập thì gãy, gái chồng rẫy chẳng chứng nọ thì tật kia” mean?

A woman who marries a poor man will suffer either physically or mentally Literally: Bamboo floats down the river, if not sunken then broken, a wife of a poor husband either suffers this illness or that

Is “Nứa trôi sông không giập thì gãy, gái chồng rẫy chẳng chứng nọ thì tật kia” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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