Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

có phúc thì gặp thợ-mộc thợ-nề, vô phúc thì gặp thày-đề thày-thông

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Meaning · English

Good fortune brings helpful people, bad fortune brings harmful ones

Literally: with luck meet carpenter and mason, without luck meet guarantor and mediator

Examples

Cô ấy có phúc thì gặp thợ-mộc thợ-nề, nên cuộc sống khá giảShe was fortunate to meet helpful people, so her life is prosperous

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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 phúc thì gặp thợ-mộc thợ-nề, vô phúc thì gặp thày-đề thày-thông” mean?

Good fortune brings helpful people, bad fortune brings harmful ones Literally: with luck meet carpenter and mason, without luck meet guarantor and mediator

Is “có phúc thì gặp thợ-mộc thợ-nề, vô phúc thì gặp thày-đề thày-thông” formal or informal?

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