Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

cấm giả lịnh giả thị, ai cấm mang bị nói khoác

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Meaning · English

To forbid someone from doing something, but then do it yourself

Literally: forbid fake order fake affair, who forbid carry on talked about wildly

Examples

Người ta nói ông ấy cấm giả lịnh giả thị, ai cấm mang bị nói khoác vì ông ấy thường làm ngược lại những gì mình nóiPeople say he forbids fake orders and fake affairs, but whoever forbids is talked about wildly because he often does the opposite of what he says

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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 “cấm giả lịnh giả thị, ai cấm mang bị nói khoác” mean?

To forbid someone from doing something, but then do it yourself Literally: forbid fake order fake affair, who forbid carry on talked about wildly

Is “cấm giả lịnh giả thị, ai cấm mang bị nói khoác” formal or informal?

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