người hay làm mặt quang mày sạch, không hay làm mặt rác mày rơ

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Meaning · English

People who often do good deeds have a clear conscience

Literally: people who often have a bright face and clean eyebrows, don't often have a dirty face and dusty eyebrows

Examples

Anh ấy luôn giúp đỡ người khác, người hay làm mặt quang mày sạch, không hay làm mặt rác mày rơHe always helps others, people who often do good deeds have a clear conscience

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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 “người hay làm mặt quang mày sạch, không hay làm mặt rác mày rơ” mean?

People who often do good deeds have a clear conscience Literally: people who often have a bright face and clean eyebrows, don't often have a dirty face and dusty eyebrows

Is “người hay làm mặt quang mày sạch, không hay làm mặt rác mày rơ” formal or informal?

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