Có phúc nuôi phó mộc phó nề, vô phúc nuôi thầy đề thầy thông
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Good fortune brings helpful friends, bad fortune brings troublesome ones
Examples
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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.
Common questions
What does “Có phúc nuôi phó mộc phó nề, vô phúc nuôi thầy đề thầy thông” mean?
Good fortune brings helpful friends, bad fortune brings troublesome ones Literally: having fortune raises auxiliary wood and auxiliary adobe, without fortune raises master Dao and master Zen
Is “Có phúc nuôi phó mộc phó nề, vô phúc nuôi thầy đề thầy thông” formal or informal?
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