Tăng Sâm giết người

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Meaning · English

Tăng Sâm killed a man — repeat a slander often enough and even a mother doubts her son.

Literally: Zengzi committed murder

Examples

Tin đồn kiểu Tăng Sâm giết người, nghe mãi cũng tin.A Zengzi-killed-a-man rumor — heard often enough, believed.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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 “Tăng Sâm giết người” mean?

Tăng Sâm killed a man — repeat a slander often enough and even a mother doubts her son. Literally: Zengzi committed murder

Is “Tăng Sâm giết người” formal or informal?

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