có ngãi thì đãi người dưng
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Meaning · English
Treat others with kindness even if they are strangers
Literally: have rice to treat unrelated people
Examples
Cô ấy luôn có ngãi thì đãi người dưng khi họ cần giúp đỡShe always treats others with kindness even if they are strangers when they need help
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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 “có ngãi thì đãi người dưng” mean?
Treat others with kindness even if they are strangers Literally: have rice to treat unrelated people
Is “có ngãi thì đãi người dưng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.