Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Bạn với Đông Lâu, không chết trâu cũng chết bò

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Meaning · English

You will suffer no matter what you do

Literally: Friends with Dong Lau, if not dead buffalo then dead cow

Examples

Anh ấy đi làm ăn với bạn xấu, nên dù có may mắn cũng sẽ bị ảnh hưởngHe did business with bad friends, so even if he's lucky, he'll still be affected

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-05; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Bạn với Đông Lâu, không chết trâu cũng chết bò” mean?

You will suffer no matter what you do Literally: Friends with Dong Lau, if not dead buffalo then dead cow

Is “Bạn với Đông Lâu, không chết trâu cũng chết bò” formal or informal?

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

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