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A gentle person meets a ruthless one
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Where will you be? Anywhere Hà Nội & the NorthHuế / Đà Nẵng & the CenterSài Gòn & the SouthOnline slang Bắc ↔ Nam words
A gentle person meets a ruthless one
It's better to have a small amount of something precious than a large amount of something worthless
Respect those who take initiative and favor those who are hardworking
Respect yourself and don't look down on others
To cherish and value each other greatly
Easily destroyed by a small problem
A helpful and supportive person
Very precious and valuable
It's better to have a few good friends than many bad ones
Precious things find precious people
Precious things find precious owners
Precious things seek precious people
Treat important guests with precious things
Each person has their own strengths and weaknesses
Each place has its own unique customs and characteristics
Everyone will eventually die, no matter how hard they try to stay alive
Opportunities must be seized promptly before they slip away
A strong person meets a more powerful opponent
Waste good things on the undeserving
To throw a basket and hit a pan, meaning to miss one thing and hit another by chance
Someone of low status or morality takes advantage of someone of higher status
People of the same group or kind do not harm each other
An old person giving good advice
An old expert is not as valuable as a new talented person
People in the same group or community do not harm each other
If the weak know the strong's intentions, they won't dare challenge them
If someone knows their limits, they won't dare to provoke others
If crows know their own kind is black, they won't dare flirt with herons.
One bad deed leads to another
One evil helps another
All people in a group are similar
Vietnamese proverb; English definition pending editorial review.
A weak or incapable person taking care of someone stronger or more capable
Someone else benefits from your efforts
Those who raise a child will be repaid with the child's ingratitude
To take advantage of someone's misfortune
Someone follows or imitates another's bad behavior
To take advantage of someone's weakness
Some people's actions have opposite effects on their situation
One person suffers for another's mistake
One person's mistake leads to another's trouble
One suffers for another's mistake
Someone who tries to appear more important or attractive than they really are
Pretending to be something one is not
Living a poor and simple life
People follow those in power
Something is not as good as promised
To be overly demanding
Someone who is useless or incompetent
Someone who only helps when it's convenient for them
A useless or worthless thing
Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses
Suffering consequences for past mistakes
Consequences are visible and imminent
Suffering consequences from one's own actions
Suffering consequences of one's actions
Suffering consequences of one's actions
Suffering consequences of one's actions
Something small can have many complexities
A person's abilities or talents are not proportional to their appearance