Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

đầu vào trôn ra

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Meaning · English

What you invest will determine what you get

Literally: head in, basket out

Examples

Nếu đầu vào trôn ra thì nên đầu tư thời gian để học hỏiIf it's what you put in is what you get out, then you should invest time to learn

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

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). Source gloss (Vietnamese): “Sự thể nghèo nàn, đứng ngồi không yên.” 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 “đầu vào trôn ra” mean?

What you invest will determine what you get Literally: head in, basket out

Is “đầu vào trôn ra” formal or informal?

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