sư nói sư phải, vãi nói vãi hay
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Meaning · English
Each person thinks their own way is right
Literally: monk says monk is right, nun says nun is good
Examples
Anh ấy luôn sư nói sư phải, vãi nói vãi hay khi tranh luậnHe always thinks his own way is right when arguing
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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 “sư nói sư phải, vãi nói vãi hay” mean?
Each person thinks their own way is right Literally: monk says monk is right, nun says nun is good
Is “sư nói sư phải, vãi nói vãi hay” formal or informal?
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