ở nhà giầu, hầu quan lớn
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Meaning · English
Being at home is better than being a high-ranking official elsewhere
Literally: being at home is rich, serving the king is big
Examples
Ở nhà giầu, hầu quan lớn, nên tôi quyết định không nhận công việc ở thành phố khácBeing at home is better than being a high-ranking official elsewhere, so I decided not to take the job in another city
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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 “ở nhà giầu, hầu quan lớn” mean?
Being at home is better than being a high-ranking official elsewhere Literally: being at home is rich, serving the king is big
Is “ở nhà giầu, hầu quan lớn” formal or informal?
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