bịnh tùy khẩu nhập, họa tùng khẩu xuất
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Sickness enters by the mouth; calamity exits by it — one gate for both directions of ruin.
Examples
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 “bịnh tùy khẩu nhập, họa tùng khẩu xuất” mean?
Sickness enters by the mouth; calamity exits by it — one gate for both directions of ruin. Literally: illness follows the mouth in, disaster follows it out
Is “bịnh tùy khẩu nhập, họa tùng khẩu xuất” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.