Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

làm lẽ cũng tuỳ người, người thì bát mẻ chiếu manh, người thì bát đại-thanh nằm chiếu miến

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Meaning · English

People have different standards of happiness

Literally: doing as one likes depends on the person, some have a cracked bowl and a torn mat, others have a large bell and lie on a soft mat

Examples

Mỗi người có một cách nhìn khác nhau về hạnh phúc, làm lẽ cũng tuỳ người, người thì bát mẻ chiếu manh, người thì bát đại-thanh nằm chiếu miếnEach person has a different perspective on happiness, people have different standards of happiness

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Sources & notes

Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “làm lẽ cũng tuỳ người, người thì bát mẻ chiếu manh, người thì bát đại-thanh nằm chiếu miến” mean?

People have different standards of happiness Literally: doing as one likes depends on the person, some have a cracked bowl and a torn mat, others have a large bell and lie on a soft mat

Is “làm lẽ cũng tuỳ người, người thì bát mẻ chiếu manh, người thì bát đại-thanh nằm chiếu miến” formal or informal?

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