máu chảy đến đâu ruồi bâu đến đấy
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Meaning · English
Where there's profit, people will gather
Literally: blood flows to where flies swarm
Examples
Nhà đó làm ăn phát đạt nên máu chảy đến đâu ruồi bâu đến đấyThat family's business is thriving, so wherever there's profit, people will gather
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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 “máu chảy đến đâu ruồi bâu đến đấy” mean?
Where there's profit, people will gather Literally: blood flows to where flies swarm
Is “máu chảy đến đâu ruồi bâu đến đấy” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.