Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Muốn giàu nuôi trâu cái, muốn lụn bại nuôi chim bồ câu

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Meaning · English

Raising the right things can lead to prosperity, while raising the wrong things can lead to downfall.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Nuôi dưỡng những thứ đúng đắn có thể dẫn đến thịnh vượng, trong khi nuôi dưỡng những thứ sai lầm có thể dẫn đến suy tàn

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Literally: Want to be rich raise female buffalo, want to be ruined raise pigeons

Examples

Gia đình anh ấy muốn giàu nuôi trâu cái, nhưng tôi nghĩ họ nên cẩn thận.His family wants to be rich so they raise female buffalo, but I think they should be careful.

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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 2026-08-07; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Muốn giàu nuôi trâu cái, muốn lụn bại nuôi chim bồ câu” mean?

Raising the right things can lead to prosperity, while raising the wrong things can lead to downfall. Literally: Want to be rich raise female buffalo, want to be ruined raise pigeons

Is “Muốn giàu nuôi trâu cái, muốn lụn bại nuôi chim bồ câu” formal or informal?

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

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