sứ-giả ăn trước thành-hoàng
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Meaning · English
The servant benefits before the master
Literally: messenger eats before king
Examples
Sứ-giả ăn trước thành-hoàng, thế mới thấy rõ bản chấtThe servant benefits before the king, that's how we see the true nature
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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 “sứ-giả ăn trước thành-hoàng” mean?
The servant benefits before the master Literally: messenger eats before king
Is “sứ-giả ăn trước thành-hoàng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.