trai khôn tìm vợ chợ đông Gái khôn tìm chồng giữa chốn ba quân

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Meaning · English

A wise man picks his wife in the crowded market; a wise woman picks her husband amid the ranks of soldiers — choose where character shows.

Literally: clever man seeks a wife in the thronged market; clever woman a husband among the troops
Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “trai khôn tìm vợ chợ đông Gái khôn tìm chồng giữa chốn ba quân” mean?

A wise man picks his wife in the crowded market; a wise woman picks her husband amid the ranks of soldiers — choose where character shows. Literally: clever man seeks a wife in the thronged market; clever woman a husband among the troops

Is “trai khôn tìm vợ chợ đông Gái khôn tìm chồng giữa chốn ba quân” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.