Có không ba tháng đông cũng biết; giàu khó ba mươi tết cũng hay

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Meaning · English

Poverty is temporary, but wealth can corrupt permanently

Literally: having nothing three winter months also know; rich difficult thirty tết also skilled

Examples

Anh ấy từng nghèo nhưng giờ giàu có, chứng tỏ có không ba tháng đông cũng biết; giàu khó ba mươi tết cũng hayHe used to be poor but now is rich, proving that poverty is temporary, but wealth can corrupt permanently

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Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-05; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Có không ba tháng đông cũng biết; giàu khó ba mươi tết cũng hay” mean?

Poverty is temporary, but wealth can corrupt permanently Literally: having nothing three winter months also know; rich difficult thirty tết also skilled

Is “Có không ba tháng đông cũng biết; giàu khó ba mươi tết cũng hay” formal or informal?

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