chưởng qua đắc qua, chưởng đậu đắc đậu
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Plant melons, harvest melons; plant beans, harvest beans — deeds return strictly after their kind.
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 “chưởng qua đắc qua, chưởng đậu đắc đậu” mean?
Plant melons, harvest melons; plant beans, harvest beans — deeds return strictly after their kind. Literally: plant melon get melon, plant bean get bean
Is “chưởng qua đắc qua, chưởng đậu đắc đậu” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.