Buôn nguyệt bán hoa
Selling moon and flowers, or making a living by deceit
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Selling moon and flowers, or making a living by deceit
Frugality leads to wealth
To do business or act against the trend or norm
To use one's power or position for personal gain
To have a hidden agenda or ulterior motive
To be uncoordinated or clumsy
To suffer losses in both business and personal life
To share and endure difficulties together
To deceive or cheat people by pretending to be good or pious
To do multiple jobs or tasks at once
Trading losses, but gaining official positions
To engage in unfair or dishonest business practices
To have a proper job but engage in shady dealings
Selling bad things and good things together
Being careful with words is more important than having many friends or wealth
Frugality is better than relying on uncertain business or friendships
Being stingy will lead to loss and trouble
Being excessively frugal is better than risking everything for trade or business
Frugality is better than getting rich through unfair means
To have a meager and unstable livelihood
To be unfaithful or disloyal to one's country or organization
To have multiple jobs or sources of income
To thoroughly understand or exploit something from start to finish
Selling many but earning little
To start a business venture with enthusiasm but lose interest later
To let go of the helm and take up the oars, meaning to give up control and take a passive role.
To give up a favorable position to take a more difficult one
Let go of the substantial to catch the insignificant
To give up a favorable opportunity
To waste or squander something
To be lenient and not strict
To abandon or give up control
To abandon one task to focus on another
Extremely painful or piercing
Extremely worried or anxious
Vietnamese proverb; English definition pending editorial review.
Lack of coordination or unity among people
Too sad to speak or respond
Extremely sad or depressed
Feeling extremely sad or melancholic
Extremely sad or depressed
Extremely sad or depressed
Extremely sad or depressed
When feeling sad, sleep instead of acting impulsively
Feeling extremely sad and hopeless
Extremely sad or depressed
Prepare for the worst
Rapidly gaining power or status
Treat someone unfairly or differently
To punish unfairly or disproportionately
To force someone to do something they are not willing to do
To force someone to do something at the wrong time
Wherever you go, problems will follow
To intervene or meddle in a conflict
A woman rules at home
One must endure hardships to achieve success
A noble person suffers more from a small mistake than a commoner from a big one
Someone who has a little power abuses it more than someone with no power
Someone who is poor but still generous
When the mother dies, many visitors come, but when the father dies, the house is abandoned