Tay sốt đỡ tay nguội
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Meaning · English
Helping each other in times of need
Literally: Hot hand helps cool hand
Examples
Trong lúc khó khăn, anh ấy đã giúp tôi như tay sốt đỡ tay nguộiIn times of difficulty, he helped me like one hand helping another
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 2026-08-08; pending editor spot-check.
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Common questions
What does “Tay sốt đỡ tay nguội” mean?
Helping each other in times of need Literally: Hot hand helps cool hand
Is “Tay sốt đỡ tay nguội” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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