Đừng có chết mất thì thôi, sống thì có lúc no xôi chán chè

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Meaning · English

Do not worry about future problems, enjoy the present

Literally: Don't die then stop, live then have times of being full of glutinous rice and tired of sweet soup

Examples

Tôi không lo lắng về tương lai, đừng có chết mất thì thôi, sống thì có lúc no xôi chán chè.I don't worry about the future, don't die then stop, live then have times of being full of glutinous rice and tired of sweet soup.

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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.

Common questions

What does “Đừng có chết mất thì thôi, sống thì có lúc no xôi chán chè” mean?

Do not worry about future problems, enjoy the present Literally: Don't die then stop, live then have times of being full of glutinous rice and tired of sweet soup

Is “Đừng có chết mất thì thôi, sống thì có lúc no xôi chán chè” formal or informal?

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