Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

phong, lao, cổ, lại, tứ chứng nan y

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Meaning · English

Palsy, consumption, blindness, leprosy — the four ailments past medicine, heaven's own afflictions.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Bốn bệnh nan y: liệt, lao, mù, và bệnh phong

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Literally: wind, wasting, drum-belly, leprosy: four incurables

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 “phong, lao, cổ, lại, tứ chứng nan y” mean?

Palsy, consumption, blindness, leprosy — the four ailments past medicine, heaven's own afflictions. Literally: wind, wasting, drum-belly, leprosy: four incurables

Is “phong, lao, cổ, lại, tứ chứng nan y” formal or informal?

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