Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

rộng làm kép, hẹp làm đơn

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Meaning · English

Be generous when you have much and frugal when you have little

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

hào phóng khi có nhiều, tiết kiệm khi có ít

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Literally: wide make pair, narrow make single

Examples

Khi có nhiều tiền, anh ấy rộng làm kép, nhưng khi khó khăn, anh ấy hẹp làm đơnWhen he had a lot of money, he was generous, but when he was struggling, he was frugal

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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.

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What does “rộng làm kép, hẹp làm đơn” mean?

Be generous when you have much and frugal when you have little Literally: wide make pair, narrow make single

Is “rộng làm kép, hẹp làm đơn” formal or informal?

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