cứu vật vật trả ơn, cứu nhơn nhơn trả oán
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Save a beast and it repays kindness; save a man and he repays spite — gratitude, the animals' virtue.
cứu động vật thì được báo đáp, cứu người thì bị oán thù
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Examples
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “cứu vật vật trả ơn, cứu nhơn nhơn trả oán” mean?
Save a beast and it repays kindness; save a man and he repays spite — gratitude, the animals' virtue. Literally: rescue a creature, it returns favor; rescue a person, he returns grudge
Is “cứu vật vật trả ơn, cứu nhơn nhơn trả oán” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.