oan gia nghi giải bất nghi kết

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Meaning · English

Feuds are for untying, not for knotting — grievance managed rightly ends; managed wrongly, it compounds.

Literally: enmity fit to loosen, not fit to bind

Examples

Oan gia nghi giải bất nghi kết, thôi bắt tay đi.Feuds are to be untied, not tightened — shake hands.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “oan gia nghi giải bất nghi kết” mean?

Feuds are for untying, not for knotting — grievance managed rightly ends; managed wrongly, it compounds. Literally: enmity fit to loosen, not fit to bind

Is “oan gia nghi giải bất nghi kết” formal or informal?

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