tài tán tắc dân tụ, tài tụ tắc dân tán
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Meaning · English
Wealth scattered gathers the people; wealth hoarded scatters them — a treasury's arithmetic runs backward.
Literally: wealth dispersed, people gather; wealth gathered, people disperse
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “tài tán tắc dân tụ, tài tụ tắc dân tán” mean?
Wealth scattered gathers the people; wealth hoarded scatters them — a treasury's arithmetic runs backward. Literally: wealth dispersed, people gather; wealth gathered, people disperse
Is “tài tán tắc dân tụ, tài tụ tắc dân tán” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.