yêu nhau cau sáu bổ ba, ghét nhau cau sáu bổ ra làm mười
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In love, a six-slice areca nut is cut in three; in spite, the same nut is cut in ten — affection makes portions generous and grudges make them stingy: how you divide shows how you feel.
Register: neutralEra: traditional – present
Examples
Editorial example (batch 059)
Sources & notes
Number-idiom class scrape (2026-08-11): violet.vn exercise list + voh.com.vn/song-dep/tuc-ngu-viet-nam-379232.html + vndoc.com roundup. Definition original.
Common questions
What does “yêu nhau cau sáu bổ ba, ghét nhau cau sáu bổ ra làm mười” mean?
In love, a six-slice areca nut is cut in three; in spite, the same nut is cut in ten — affection makes portions generous and grudges make them stingy: how you divide shows how you feel. Literally: loving: the areca nut in three; hating: the same nut in ten
Is “yêu nhau cau sáu bổ ba, ghét nhau cau sáu bổ ra làm mười” formal or informal?
yêu nhau cau sáu bổ ba, ghét nhau cau sáu bổ ra làm mười is generally neutral.