Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Con đen đầu thì bỏ, con đỏ đầu thì nuôi

🎙 Say it

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Meaning · English

Discard what is useless, keep what is valuable

Literally: Black-headed child abandon, red-headed child raise

Examples

Người ta nói con đen đầu thì bỏ, con đỏ đầu thì nuôi, nên anh ấy đã từ bỏ công việc không hiệu quảPeople say con đen đầu thì bỏ, con đỏ đầu thì nuôi, so he abandoned the ineffective job

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 2026-08-05; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Con đen đầu thì bỏ, con đỏ đầu thì nuôi” mean?

Discard what is useless, keep what is valuable Literally: Black-headed child abandon, red-headed child raise

Is “Con đen đầu thì bỏ, con đỏ đầu thì nuôi” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

👁 Views 0 today 0 past 7 days 0 this month 0 all time