Khôn ngoan đến cửa quan mới biết, giàu có ba mươi Tết mới hay

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Meaning · English

Wisdom and wealth are truly appreciated only when one has them

Literally: Intelligent to the gate of the official, only then know, rich thirty Tết only understand

Examples

Sau ba mươi tuổi, anh mới nhận ra rằng khôn ngoan đến cửa quan mới biết, giàu có ba mươi Tết mới hayAfter turning thirty, he realized that wisdom and wealth are truly appreciated only when one has them

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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.

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What does “Khôn ngoan đến cửa quan mới biết, giàu có ba mươi Tết mới hay” mean?

Wisdom and wealth are truly appreciated only when one has them Literally: Intelligent to the gate of the official, only then know, rich thirty Tết only understand

Is “Khôn ngoan đến cửa quan mới biết, giàu có ba mươi Tết mới hay” formal or informal?

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