tọa thực sơn băng
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Meaning · English
Sit idle and eat, and a mountain erodes — no fortune outlasts a workless appetite.
Literally: sitting eating, the mountain collapses
Examples
Không làm chỉ tiêu thì tọa thực sơn băng.All spending, no earning — sit and eat and the mountain crumbles.
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
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 “tọa thực sơn băng” mean?
Sit idle and eat, and a mountain erodes — no fortune outlasts a workless appetite. Literally: sitting eating, the mountain collapses
Is “tọa thực sơn băng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.