khôn ngoan chẳng lọ là nhiều Người khôn mới nói nửa điều đã khôn
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Meaning · English
Wisdom isn't measured by volume — the wise show wise in half a sentence.
Literally: wisdom needs no quantity: the wise, at half a phrase, already wise
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “khôn ngoan chẳng lọ là nhiều Người khôn mới nói nửa điều đã khôn” mean?
Wisdom isn't measured by volume — the wise show wise in half a sentence. Literally: wisdom needs no quantity: the wise, at half a phrase, already wise
Is “khôn ngoan chẳng lọ là nhiều Người khôn mới nói nửa điều đã khôn” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.