tiền bần hậu phú, làm giầu có số, tiền phú hậu bần
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Meaning · English
Wealth can come and go in a person's life
Literally: poor first rich later, rich first poor later
Examples
Gia đình anh ấy tiền phú hậu bần sau khi mất hết tài sảnHis family was rich first but poor later after losing all their assets
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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 “tiền bần hậu phú, làm giầu có số, tiền phú hậu bần” mean?
Wealth can come and go in a person's life Literally: poor first rich later, rich first poor later
Is “tiền bần hậu phú, làm giầu có số, tiền phú hậu bần” formal or informal?
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