Tửu tam trà nhị
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Meaning · English
Drinking three cups of wine is better than drinking two cups of tea
Literally: three wine two tea
Examples
Tửu tam trà nhị, tôi thích uống rượu hơn trà.I prefer drinking wine to tea.
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
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.
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Common questions
What does “Tửu tam trà nhị” mean?
Drinking three cups of wine is better than drinking two cups of tea Literally: three wine two tea
Is “Tửu tam trà nhị” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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