Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Kim chỉ có đầu, ăn ở có ngọn

🎙 Say it

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Everything has a limit or boundary

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Mọi thứ đều có giới hạn hoặc ranh giới

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: Gold has a head, behavior has a root

Examples

Anh ấy quá tham lam, quên rằng kim chỉ có đầu, ăn ở có ngọnHe is too greedy, forgetting that everything has a limit

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.

Common questions

What does “Kim chỉ có đầu, ăn ở có ngọn” mean?

Everything has a limit or boundary Literally: Gold has a head, behavior has a root

Is “Kim chỉ có đầu, ăn ở có ngọn” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

👁 Views 0 today 0 past 7 days 0 this month 0 all time