Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

tiên cáo bất nại, bị cáo vô can

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Meaning · English

The accuser has no evidence, the defendant is innocent

Literally: the plaintiff has no grounds, the defendant has no guilt

Examples

Vụ án đã kết thúc với kết luận tiên cáo bất nại, bị cáo vô canThe case ended with the conclusion that the accuser had no evidence, the defendant was innocent

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

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). Source gloss (Vietnamese): “Không nài là không kiện nữa.” Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “tiên cáo bất nại, bị cáo vô can” mean?

The accuser has no evidence, the defendant is innocent Literally: the plaintiff has no grounds, the defendant has no guilt

Is “tiên cáo bất nại, bị cáo vô can” formal or informal?

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