Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

hôn dạ khất ai, kiêu nhơn bạch nhựt

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Begging pity by night, strutting by day — servile in the dark, insolent in the light.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Nhu mì vào ban đêm, kiêu ngạo vào ban ngày

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Literally: night: pleading; broad day: haughty

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). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “hôn dạ khất ai, kiêu nhơn bạch nhựt” mean?

Begging pity by night, strutting by day — servile in the dark, insolent in the light. Literally: night: pleading; broad day: haughty

Is “hôn dạ khất ai, kiêu nhơn bạch nhựt” formal or informal?

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