Đất tốt trồng cây rườm rà, những người thanh lịch nói ra dịu dàng

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Meaning · English

Good things are often overshadowed by worthless ones, and polite people often speak indirectly

Literally: Good land plants troublesome trees, elegant people speak softly

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Đất tốt trồng cây rườm rà, những người thanh lịch nói ra dịu dàng, nên chúng ta phải biết phân biệtGood land plants troublesome trees, elegant people speak softly, so we must learn to distinguish

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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 2026-08-09; pending editor spot-check.

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What does “Đất tốt trồng cây rườm rà, những người thanh lịch nói ra dịu dàng” mean?

Good things are often overshadowed by worthless ones, and polite people often speak indirectly Literally: Good land plants troublesome trees, elegant people speak softly

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