Vô cớ mà được nghìn vàng, chẳng gặp phúc lớn thì cũng có hoạ lớn

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Meaning · English

Wealth or success without effort may bring disaster

Literally: No reason to get a thousand gold, no big luck then big disaster

Examples

Anh ấy vô cớ mà được nghìn vàng, chẳng gặp phúc lớn thì cũng có hoạ lớn.He got a thousand gold without reason, and if it's not big luck, then it's a big disaster.

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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.

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What does “Vô cớ mà được nghìn vàng, chẳng gặp phúc lớn thì cũng có hoạ lớn” mean?

Wealth or success without effort may bring disaster Literally: No reason to get a thousand gold, no big luck then big disaster

Is “Vô cớ mà được nghìn vàng, chẳng gặp phúc lớn thì cũng có hoạ lớn” formal or informal?

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