ở yên chẳng lành, đọc canh phải tội
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Meaning · English
One must take action to avoid trouble
Literally: staying calm is not safe, reading the prayer must be guilty
Examples
Nếu không chịu khó học tập, ở yên chẳng lành, đọc canh phải tộiIf you don't study hard, you'll be in trouble either way
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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 “ở yên chẳng lành, đọc canh phải tội” mean?
One must take action to avoid trouble Literally: staying calm is not safe, reading the prayer must be guilty
Is “ở yên chẳng lành, đọc canh phải tội” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.