vợ sứ đông, chồng sứ bắc
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Meaning · English
Husband and wife are from different worlds
Literally: ceramic wife east, ceramic husband north
Examples
Vợ chồng họ giống như vợ sứ đông, chồng sứ bắc, khó mà hòa hợpThe couple is like wife from the east and husband from the north, hard to be in harmony
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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 “vợ sứ đông, chồng sứ bắc” mean?
Husband and wife are from different worlds Literally: ceramic wife east, ceramic husband north
Is “vợ sứ đông, chồng sứ bắc” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.