rộng làm kép, hẹp làm đơn
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Meaning · English
Be generous when you have much and frugal when you have little
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.
Common questions
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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