thiên đạo phước thiện họa dàm
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Heaven's way blesses the good and afflicts the excessive — the sky keeps one ledger for everyone.
Literally: heaven's way: fortune to the kind, calamity to the overreaching
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “thiên đạo phước thiện họa dàm” mean?
Heaven's way blesses the good and afflicts the excessive — the sky keeps one ledger for everyone. Literally: heaven's way: fortune to the kind, calamity to the overreaching
Is “thiên đạo phước thiện họa dàm” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.