Thế gian còn dại chưa khôn, sống mặc áo rách, chết chôn áo lành
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People often pretend to be poor when alive but want to be buried with expensive things
Người ta thường giả vờ nghèo khi sống nhưng muốn được chôn cất với đồ đắt tiền
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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 “Thế gian còn dại chưa khôn, sống mặc áo rách, chết chôn áo lành” mean?
People often pretend to be poor when alive but want to be buried with expensive things Literally: The world is still foolish and not yet wise, lives in tattered clothes, dies in good clothes
Is “Thế gian còn dại chưa khôn, sống mặc áo rách, chết chôn áo lành” formal or informal?
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