Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Làm sui một nhà biết ra cả họ

🎙 Say it

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Meaning · English

One person's mistake can affect the whole family

Literally: doing wrong one house knows whole family

Examples

Anh ấy làm sui một nhà biết ra cả họ khi bị công an bắtHe brought shame to his whole family when he was arrested by the police

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 “Làm sui một nhà biết ra cả họ” mean?

One person's mistake can affect the whole family Literally: doing wrong one house knows whole family

Is “Làm sui một nhà biết ra cả họ” 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