sâu muống thì đen, sâu dền thì trắng
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Meaning · English
Everyone has their own nature
Literally: muong worm is black, dền worm is white
Examples
Mỗi người đều có tính cách riêng, sâu muống thì đen, sâu dền thì trắngEveryone has their own nature, muong worm is black, dền worm is white
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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 “sâu muống thì đen, sâu dền thì trắng” mean?
Everyone has their own nature Literally: muong worm is black, dền worm is white
Is “sâu muống thì đen, sâu dền thì trắng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.