Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

So ra mới biết béo gầy, bảy ngày ba bão mới biết cây cứng mềm

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Only experience reveals true strength

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Trải nghiệm mới tiết lộ sức mạnh thật sự

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Literally: When out, one knows fat or thin, seven days three storms to know the tree is hard or soft

Examples

Sau thất bại, anh mới nhận ra So ra mới biết béo gầy, bảy ngày ba bão mới biết cây cứng mềmAfter the failure, he realized that only experience reveals true strength

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Sources & notes

Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-07; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “So ra mới biết béo gầy, bảy ngày ba bão mới biết cây cứng mềm” mean?

Only experience reveals true strength Literally: When out, one knows fat or thin, seven days three storms to know the tree is hard or soft

Is “So ra mới biết béo gầy, bảy ngày ba bão mới biết cây cứng mềm” formal or informal?

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