cơ thâm thì hoạ cũng thâm
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Meaning · English
Disaster follows bad intentions
Literally: black heart then black disaster
Examples
Anh ta cơ thâm thì hoạ cũng thâm, mất việc vì gian dốiHe had bad intentions and thus met with disaster, losing his job due to dishonesty
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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 “cơ thâm thì hoạ cũng thâm” mean?
Disaster follows bad intentions Literally: black heart then black disaster
Is “cơ thâm thì hoạ cũng thâm” formal or informal?
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