Có nghén thì đẻ, có ghẻ đâu mà lây
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Meaning · English
What you sow, you reap
Literally: Have pregnancy then give birth, have scabies then infect
Examples
Anh ấy lừa đảo nhiều người, giờ thì chịu cái kết có nghén thì đẻ, có ghẻ đâu mà lâyHe cheated many people, now he's facing the consequences, what you sow, you reap
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
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 2026-08-06; pending editor spot-check.
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Common questions
What does “Có nghén thì đẻ, có ghẻ đâu mà lây” mean?
What you sow, you reap Literally: Have pregnancy then give birth, have scabies then infect
Is “Có nghén thì đẻ, có ghẻ đâu mà lây” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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