Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

ba mươi tuổi, sáu mươi quen

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Meaning · English

Thirty years old, sixty acquaintances deep — each year of age compounds the ledger of faces.

Literally: thirty in years, sixty in acquaintance

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “ba mươi tuổi, sáu mươi quen” mean?

Thirty years old, sixty acquaintances deep — each year of age compounds the ledger of faces. Literally: thirty in years, sixty in acquaintance

Is “ba mươi tuổi, sáu mươi quen” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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