Ví làm cửu cấp phù đồ, chẳng bằng làm phúc cứu cho một người

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Meaning · English

Helping one person is more valuable than gaining wealth or status

Literally: Making nine-story tall pagodas is not as good as saving one person

Examples

Việc làm từ thiện của anh đã chứng minh rằng ví làm cửu cấp phù đồ, chẳng bằng làm phúc cứu cho một ngườiHis charitable work proved that helping one person is more valuable than gaining wealth or status

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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.

Common questions

What does “Ví làm cửu cấp phù đồ, chẳng bằng làm phúc cứu cho một người” mean?

Helping one person is more valuable than gaining wealth or status Literally: Making nine-story tall pagodas is not as good as saving one person

Is “Ví làm cửu cấp phù đồ, chẳng bằng làm phúc cứu cho một người” formal or informal?

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