vay nên ơn, giả nên nghĩa
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Meaning · English
Be grateful for kindness and repay favors with righteousness
Literally: borrow then gratitude, pretend then righteousness
Examples
Anh ấy vay nên ơn, giả nên nghĩa với người đã giúp đỡ mìnhHe was grateful and repaid the kindness with righteousness to those who helped him
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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 “vay nên ơn, giả nên nghĩa” mean?
Be grateful for kindness and repay favors with righteousness Literally: borrow then gratitude, pretend then righteousness
Is “vay nên ơn, giả nên nghĩa” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.