Hiền lành, cắn sành cũng vỡ
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Meaning · English
Even a gentle person can lose patience and react harshly
Literally: Gentle, bite porcelain also break
Examples
Anh ta hiền lành, cắn sành cũng vỡ khi bị bạn bè lừa đảoHe's a gentle person, but he'll lose his temper even if it means breaking porcelain when his friends cheat him
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 2026-08-06; pending editor spot-check.
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Common questions
What does “Hiền lành, cắn sành cũng vỡ” mean?
Even a gentle person can lose patience and react harshly Literally: Gentle, bite porcelain also break
Is “Hiền lành, cắn sành cũng vỡ” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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