nhơn vật dử đồng

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Meaning · English

People and objects have their own uses

Literally: people and things have same purpose

Examples

Mỗi người mỗi việc, nhơn vật dử đồngEach person has their own task, people and objects have their own uses

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Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Source gloss (Vietnamese): “Nhơn vật đồng như nhau. Vật cũng đồng tri giác, lấy theo tánh tình mà luận, nó cũng hồ mị, đen bạc chẳng khác chi người.” 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 “nhơn vật dử đồng” mean?

People and objects have their own uses Literally: people and things have same purpose

Is “nhơn vật dử đồng” formal or informal?

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