Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

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.

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