Kẻ tới trước, người sau cũng tới

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Meaning · English

What happens to one person will eventually happen to another

Literally: The person who comes first, the person who comes later also comes

Examples

Anh ấy bị thất nghiệp, và như lời nói kẻ tới trước, người sau cũng tới, tôi cũng mất việc vài tháng sauHe was unemployed, and as the saying goes, I also lost my job a few months later

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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 2026-08-06; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Kẻ tới trước, người sau cũng tới” mean?

What happens to one person will eventually happen to another Literally: The person who comes first, the person who comes later also comes

Is “Kẻ tới trước, người sau cũng tới” formal or informal?

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