bạc đầu không bằng đứa lên bẩy

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Meaning · English

An old person's experience is more valuable than a young person's energy

Literally: silver hair is not as good as a seven-year-old child

Examples

Ông bà luôn nói bạc đầu không bằng đứa lên bẩy khi đánh giá tình hìnhThe old man always says an old person's experience is not as good as a young person's energy when evaluating the situation

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Sources & notes

Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “bạc đầu không bằng đứa lên bẩy” mean?

An old person's experience is more valuable than a young person's energy Literally: silver hair is not as good as a seven-year-old child

Is “bạc đầu không bằng đứa lên bẩy” formal or informal?

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