Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Thịt nạc dao phay, xương xẩu rìu búa

🎙 Say it

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Someone with a gentle nature is easily taken advantage of

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Người có tính cách nhẹ nhàng dễ bị lợi dụng

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: lean meat cut with a plane, hard bone hit with a hammer

Examples

Anh ấy thật tốt bụng, nên bị người khác lợi dụng, thật là thịt nạc dao phayHe's so kind, so others take advantage of him, he's really lean meat cut with a plane

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.

Common questions

What does “Thịt nạc dao phay, xương xẩu rìu búa” mean?

Someone with a gentle nature is easily taken advantage of Literally: lean meat cut with a plane, hard bone hit with a hammer

Is “Thịt nạc dao phay, xương xẩu rìu búa” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

👁 Views 0 today 0 past 7 days 0 this month 0 all time