Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Tham vàng bỏ đống gạch đầy, vàng thì ăn hết, gạch xây nên thành

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Meaning · English

Greedy for something valuable, one loses something more valuable

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Tham lam vào điều gì có giá trị, người ta sẽ mất đi điều gì có giá trị hơn

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Literally: Covet gold abandon pile of bricks full, gold is consumed, bricks build into city

Examples

Anh ấy tham vàng bỏ đống gạch đầy, vàng thì ăn hết, gạch xây nên thành, cuối cùng chẳng còn gìHe was greedy for gold and abandoned a pile of bricks, the gold was consumed, but the bricks could have been used to build a city, in the end he had nothing

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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.

Common questions

What does “Tham vàng bỏ đống gạch đầy, vàng thì ăn hết, gạch xây nên thành” mean?

Greedy for something valuable, one loses something more valuable Literally: Covet gold abandon pile of bricks full, gold is consumed, bricks build into city

Is “Tham vàng bỏ đống gạch đầy, vàng thì ăn hết, gạch xây nên thành” formal or informal?

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