ông phải đấm, bà phải đạp
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Meaning · English
Husband and wife must work together to succeed
Literally: the husband must punch, the wife must kick
Examples
Ông phải đấm, bà phải đạp để lo cho con cáiThe husband and wife must work together to take care of their children
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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 “ông phải đấm, bà phải đạp” mean?
Husband and wife must work together to succeed Literally: the husband must punch, the wife must kick
Is “ông phải đấm, bà phải đạp” formal or informal?
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