Trăm năm bia đá cũng mòn, nghìn năm bia miệng vẫn còn trơ trơ

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Meaning · English

Written records may fade, but spoken legends endure

Literally: A hundred years stone monument wears away, a thousand years oral tale remains stark

Examples

Truyền thuyết về anh hùng dân tộc vẫn còn trơ trơ sau nghìn nămThe legend of the national hero still endures after a thousand years

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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 “Trăm năm bia đá cũng mòn, nghìn năm bia miệng vẫn còn trơ trơ” mean?

Written records may fade, but spoken legends endure Literally: A hundred years stone monument wears away, a thousand years oral tale remains stark

Is “Trăm năm bia đá cũng mòn, nghìn năm bia miệng vẫn còn trơ trơ” formal or informal?

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