Tháng tám tre non làm nhà, tháng năm tre già làm lạt
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Meaning · English
Young people should learn and old people should teach
Literally: August young bamboo makes house, May old bamboo makes rope
Examples
Tháng tám tre non làm nhà, tháng năm tre già làm lạt, ông bà ta đã dạy như vậyAugust young bamboo makes house, May old bamboo makes rope, our ancestors taught us that
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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.
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Common questions
What does “Tháng tám tre non làm nhà, tháng năm tre già làm lạt” mean?
Young people should learn and old people should teach Literally: August young bamboo makes house, May old bamboo makes rope
Is “Tháng tám tre non làm nhà, tháng năm tre già làm lạt” formal or informal?
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