Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

bất dĩ thành bại, luận anh hùng

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Don't weigh heroes by win and loss — battle luck is no measure of the man.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

không đánh giá người anh hùng bằng thắng bại

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Literally: not by success or failure judge the hero

Examples

Thua keo này bày keo khác, bất dĩ thành bại luận anh hùng.Lose this round, set up the next — heroes aren't scored by wins.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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 “bất dĩ thành bại, luận anh hùng” mean?

Don't weigh heroes by win and loss — battle luck is no measure of the man. Literally: not by success or failure judge the hero

Is “bất dĩ thành bại, luận anh hùng” formal or informal?

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