trước có vụng rồi sau mới khéo
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Meaning · English
Experience comes before skill
Literally: before clumsy then later skilled
Examples
Cứ trước có vụng rồi sau mới khéo, anh mới thành công như ngày hôm nayIt's because experience comes before skill that you're successful today
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Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). 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 “trước có vụng rồi sau mới khéo” mean?
Experience comes before skill Literally: before clumsy then later skilled
Is “trước có vụng rồi sau mới khéo” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.