Nhiễu điều phủ lấy giá gương
Use someone's experience as a lesson
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Where will you be? Anywhere Hà Nội & the NorthHuế / Đà Nẵng & the CenterSài Gòn & the SouthOnline slang Bắc ↔ Nam words
Use someone's experience as a lesson
Vietnamese proverb; English definition pending editorial review.
A family with many children
A family split by internal conflict
People with similar characteristics or backgrounds gather together
The rich eat three meals a day, the poor start a fire three times
The wealthy can say and do as they please
Wealthy people are greedy for power, poor people are greedy for food
Wealthy families like honest people, noble families like flatterers
A host boasts to impress guests
A poor family can have a clever child
A small but harmonious family
Two things are equally bad
A family in a state of poverty and disarray
Take advantage of an opportunity
Showing off one's skills or talents in a boastful manner
A person with a good appearance but bad character
Be content with one's circumstances
A kind person is recognized by their appearance
Kindness is repaid with kindness, especially financial help
People's hearts are unpredictable
People's hearts are harder to understand than animal hides
People have different preferences and tastes
Someone who betrays and deceives their loved ones
To be cautious and considerate of consequences
Completely blind or oblivious
Vietnamese idiom; English definition pending editorial review.
Very weak or fragile
People and objects have their own uses
to sacrifice oneself for the benefit of others
Extremely dull and uninteresting
Extremely dull and uninteresting
to speak ambiguously or unclearly
To treat one side with respect and the other with disdain
First-rate or second-rate, with no intermediate quality
One son is better than two scholars
Knowledge is more powerful than physical strength
Family background, wealth, connections, and intelligence are key factors in success
Someone who is extremely poor
The most important thing is one's mother, the second is one's child.
To be the best or second best at something
Being the best is not as good as being second to none
One person's mistake affects the whole community
First in crime, second in debt
Forgive one mistake, forgive all mistakes
One word can affect the whole situation
Prioritizing one's family over others
Adapt to local customs when in a new place
Perseverance leads to success
Love and cherish each other
Marriage is not just about the partner, but also their family.
Endure hardship to avoid a worse situation
to remember someone with longing and nostalgia
Something or someone that is pleasant and charming
Something or someone that is annoyingly persistent
speak with one voice
completely carefree and idle
First in play, second in earning money
Better early than late
The best comes first, the second best follows