con không học, thóc không vay
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
A child without education is like grain without a loan, both are useless.
Literally: child no study, rice no borrow
Examples
Con không học, thóc không vay, gia đình ấy thật khó khăn.The family that has a child without education and no grain to borrow is really struggling.
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 “con không học, thóc không vay” mean?
A child without education is like grain without a loan, both are useless. Literally: child no study, rice no borrow
Is “con không học, thóc không vay” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.