Dẫu rằng thông hoạt, chẳng học cũng hư đời, tài trí bằng trời, chẳng học cũng là phần khổ

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Even with natural talent, one will fail without education

Literally: Even if clever, without learning will ruin life, talent equal to heaven, without learning is also a part of suffering

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Dẫu rằng thông hoạt, chẳng học cũng hư đời, tài trí bằng trời, chẳng học cũng là phần khổ, nên hãy cố gắng học tậpEven with natural talent, one will fail without education, so one should strive to study

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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 2026-08-06; pending editor spot-check.

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What does “Dẫu rằng thông hoạt, chẳng học cũng hư đời, tài trí bằng trời, chẳng học cũng là phần khổ” mean?

Even with natural talent, one will fail without education Literally: Even if clever, without learning will ruin life, talent equal to heaven, without learning is also a part of suffering

Is “Dẫu rằng thông hoạt, chẳng học cũng hư đời, tài trí bằng trời, chẳng học cũng là phần khổ” formal or informal?

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