nhất tội nhất xá, vạn tội vạn xá
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Meaning · English
Forgive one mistake, forgive all mistakes
Literally: one crime one pardon, ten thousand crimes ten thousand pardons
Examples
Nhất tội nhất xá, vạn tội vạn xá, anh nên cho em một cơ hộiForgive one mistake, forgive all mistakes, you should give me a chance
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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 “nhất tội nhất xá, vạn tội vạn xá” mean?
Forgive one mistake, forgive all mistakes Literally: one crime one pardon, ten thousand crimes ten thousand pardons
Is “nhất tội nhất xá, vạn tội vạn xá” formal or informal?
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