vị uyên khu ngư, vị tòng khu tước
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Driving fish for the deep, driving sparrows for the thicket — the tyrant's cruelty herds his own people to his rival.
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 “vị uyên khu ngư, vị tòng khu tước” mean?
Driving fish for the deep, driving sparrows for the thicket — the tyrant's cruelty herds his own people to his rival. Literally: for the deep, drive fish; for the forest, drive sparrows
Is “vị uyên khu ngư, vị tòng khu tước” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.