Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

vô cố nhi đắc thiên kim bất tao đại phước tất hữu đại họa

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Meaning · English

A thousand gold unearned: if not great luck, then great disaster — the causeless windfall always invoices later.

Literally: gaining thousand gold without cause: if no great blessing, surely great woe

Examples

Tự nhiên được món hời, coi chừng vô cố nhi đắc thiên kim.A windfall from nowhere — beware what the causeless thousand gold bills later.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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 “vô cố nhi đắc thiên kim bất tao đại phước tất hữu đại họa” mean?

A thousand gold unearned: if not great luck, then great disaster — the causeless windfall always invoices later. Literally: gaining thousand gold without cause: if no great blessing, surely great woe

Is “vô cố nhi đắc thiên kim bất tao đại phước tất hữu đại họa” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.