Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

tận tín thư, bất như vô thư

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Meaning · English

Trust books entirely and you'd be better off bookless — read critically or not at all.

Literally: full faith in writ is worse than no writ

Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “tận tín thư, bất như vô thư” mean?

Trust books entirely and you'd be better off bookless — read critically or not at all. Literally: full faith in writ is worse than no writ

Is “tận tín thư, bất như vô thư” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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