Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Trời mưa cho ướt lá khoai, lấy chồng xóm Ngoài cho đỡ hái rau

🎙 Say it

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Marry someone nearby for convenience

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Lấy người gần để thuận tiện

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: Sky rains to wet potato leaves, marry a husband from the outer village to reduce picking vegetables

Examples

Trời mưa cho ướt lá khoai, lấy chồng xóm Ngoài cho đỡ hái rau nên tôi đã kết hôn với người đàn ông từ làng bênSince it's like the sky rains to wet potato leaves, marrying a husband from the outer village reduces picking vegetables, I married a man from the neighboring village

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-08; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Trời mưa cho ướt lá khoai, lấy chồng xóm Ngoài cho đỡ hái rau” mean?

Marry someone nearby for convenience Literally: Sky rains to wet potato leaves, marry a husband from the outer village to reduce picking vegetables

Is “Trời mưa cho ướt lá khoai, lấy chồng xóm Ngoài cho đỡ hái rau” formal or informal?

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

👁 Views 0 today 0 past 7 days 0 this month 0 all time