chơi dao, có ngày đứt tay
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Meaning · English
Play with knives and the day comes you're cut — court danger long enough and it accepts.
Literally: play with the blade, one day cut your hand
Examples
Đầu cơ mãi rồi cũng lỗ, chơi dao có ngày đứt tay.Keep speculating and the day comes it cuts — play with knives, lose a finger.
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 “chơi dao, có ngày đứt tay” mean?
Play with knives and the day comes you're cut — court danger long enough and it accepts. Literally: play with the blade, one day cut your hand
Is “chơi dao, có ngày đứt tay” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.