làm phúc làm duyên bán thân bất toại
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Meaning · English
Doing good deeds will bring benefits in the afterlife
Literally: doing good doing fate selling body not fulfilled
Examples
Làm phúc làm duyên bán thân bất toại, con cháu sẽ được hưởng phướcDoing good deeds will bring benefits in the afterlife, so our descendants will receive the blessings
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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 phúc làm duyên bán thân bất toại” mean?
Doing good deeds will bring benefits in the afterlife Literally: doing good doing fate selling body not fulfilled
Is “làm phúc làm duyên bán thân bất toại” formal or informal?
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