Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

cô âm bất thành, cô dương bất trưởng

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Yin alone forms nothing, yang alone grows nothing — creation takes the pair.

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Literally: lone yin doesn't form, lone yang doesn't grow

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 “cô âm bất thành, cô dương bất trưởng” mean?

Yin alone forms nothing, yang alone grows nothing — creation takes the pair. Literally: lone yin doesn't form, lone yang doesn't grow

Is “cô âm bất thành, cô dương bất trưởng” formal or informal?

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