đẹp người không đẹp nết
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Meaning · English
A person's appearance does not reflect their character
Literally: beautiful person not beautiful manners
Examples
Cô ấy đẹp người nhưng không đẹp nết nên mọi người không thíchShe is beautiful but has bad manners, so people don't like her
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 “đẹp người không đẹp nết” mean?
A person's appearance does not reflect their character Literally: beautiful person not beautiful manners
Is “đẹp người không đẹp nết” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.