yêu nhau nên tốt, ghét nhau nên xấu
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Meaning · English
Be good to those you love, be bad to those you hate
Literally: love each other should be good, hate each other should be bad
Examples
Anh ấy luôn nhớ câu yêu nhau nên tốt, ghét nhau nên xấu của mẹHe always remembers his mother's saying 'yêu nhau nên tốt, ghét nhau nên xấu'
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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 “yêu nhau nên tốt, ghét nhau nên xấu” mean?
Be good to those you love, be bad to those you hate Literally: love each other should be good, hate each other should be bad
Is “yêu nhau nên tốt, ghét nhau nên xấu” formal or informal?
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