tửu bất túy nhơn nhơn tự túy
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Wine makes no one drunk; drinkers do — the bottle's oldest alibi, refused.
Literally: wine doesn't intoxicate people; people intoxicate themselves
Examples
Tửu bất túy nhơn nhơn tự túy, đừng đổ cho rượu.Wine gets no one drunk — drinkers do. Don't blame the bottle.
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 “tửu bất túy nhơn nhơn tự túy” mean?
Wine makes no one drunk; drinkers do — the bottle's oldest alibi, refused. Literally: wine doesn't intoxicate people; people intoxicate themselves
Is “tửu bất túy nhơn nhơn tự túy” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.