ngoài miệng thì nói Nam mô, trong lòng thì chứa ba bồ dao găm
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Meaning · English
'Nam mô' on the lips, three basketfuls of daggers in the heart — piety worn over an armory.
Literally: mouth says namo, heart stores three creels of daggers
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “ngoài miệng thì nói Nam mô, trong lòng thì chứa ba bồ dao găm” mean?
'Nam mô' on the lips, three basketfuls of daggers in the heart — piety worn over an armory. Literally: mouth says namo, heart stores three creels of daggers
Is “ngoài miệng thì nói Nam mô, trong lòng thì chứa ba bồ dao găm” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.