Đẹp như tiên không tiền cùng xác, sắc như mác không bạc cũng cùn

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Meaning · English

Outer beauty is worthless without inner value

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

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Literally: Beautiful like a fairy without money is also a corpse, sharp like a knife without silver is also dull

Examples

Cô ấy đẹp như tiên không tiền cùng xác, không ai muốn đến gầnShe is beautiful but has no inner value, so no one wants to approach her

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Sources & notes

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.

Common questions

What does “Đẹp như tiên không tiền cùng xác, sắc như mác không bạc cũng cùn” mean?

Outer beauty is worthless without inner value Literally: Beautiful like a fairy without money is also a corpse, sharp like a knife without silver is also dull

Is “Đẹp như tiên không tiền cùng xác, sắc như mác không bạc cũng cùn” formal or informal?

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