Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

bắt râu người nọ, đặt cằm người kia

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Meaning · English

Plucking one man's beard to plant on another's chin — swapping stories between owners until truth is upside down.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Làm sai sự thật bằng cách thay đổi câu chuyện

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Literally: take this one's beard, set it on that one's chin

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 “bắt râu người nọ, đặt cằm người kia” mean?

Plucking one man's beard to plant on another's chin — swapping stories between owners until truth is upside down. Literally: take this one's beard, set it on that one's chin

Is “bắt râu người nọ, đặt cằm người kia” formal or informal?

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