phú diệc gioa, quí diệc thê
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Meaning · English
Wealth trades its friends, rank trades its wife — promotion as serial abandonment.
Literally: rich: change friends; noble: change wife
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “phú diệc gioa, quí diệc thê” mean?
Wealth trades its friends, rank trades its wife — promotion as serial abandonment. Literally: rich: change friends; noble: change wife
Is “phú diệc gioa, quí diệc thê” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.