Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

tu nhân tích đức

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Meaning · English

Cultivate the person, bank the virtue — the soul's compound interest.

Literally: cultivate humanity, accumulate virtue

Examples

Ăn ở tu nhân tích đức cho con cháu nhờ.Live cultivating virtue — the grandchildren draw on it.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “tu nhân tích đức” mean?

Cultivate the person, bank the virtue — the soul's compound interest. Literally: cultivate humanity, accumulate virtue

Is “tu nhân tích đức” formal or informal?

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

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