Vietnamese Proverbs (92 Proverbs)
- A good beginning is half the battle.
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- Literally: Go out for a day, get a full basket of knowledge.
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- Adversity brings wisdom.
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- Make the amount of sauce you use correspond to the amount of rice you have.
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- Beauty is but skin-deep.
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- Many a good father has but a bad son.
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- Between two stools, you fall to the ground.
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- No man is a hero to his valet.
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- Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
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- No matter how sharp it is, a knife will never cut it's own handle.
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- Comfort is better than pride.
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- Scratch my back; I'll scratch yours.
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- Do not halloo till you are out of the wood.
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- Think today and speak tomorrow.
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- Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
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- To carry coals to Newcastle.
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- Eating slowly is good for the stomach; plowing deeply is good for the fields.
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- To fish in troubled waters.
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- Even if a mountain is high, there is always a way to reach the top -- and although the way might be full of danger, there is always a way for someone to get through it.
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- Who breaks, pays.
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- Everybody's business is nobody's business.
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- He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere.
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- A clean hand wants no washing.
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- Hunger brings the wolf to the fold.
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- A fool may sometimes give a wise man counsel.
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- It's best to wash one's soiled linen at home.
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- A friend when in need is a faithful friend.
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- It's better to have lots of children than to have lots of material goods.
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- A frog living at the bottom of the well thinks that the sky is as small as a cooking pot lid.
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- Likes draws to like.
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- When eating the fruit, think of the person who planted the tree.
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- Tell me where it itches if you want me to scratch you.
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- Elephants are killed for their ivory, birds for their feathers.
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- What is good for the buffalo is good for the cow.
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- Strong wood is worth more than painted wood.
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- Don't set the attic on fire just because you didn't catch any mice.
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- Victory makes you into an emperor, defeat into a rebel.
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- People say that time goes by; time says that the people go by.
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- Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.
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- There is one fish in the pond, and ten anglers on the bank.
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- People live with their own idiosyncrasies and die of their own illnesses.
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- Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.
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- There is no ivory in the mouth of a dog.
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- Nice words are free, so choose ones that please another's ears.
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- Better a wise man's servant than an idiot's master.
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- The rich worry over their money, the poor over their bread.
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- Never forget benefits done you, regardless how small.
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- A good name is better than good habits.
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- The rich become deaf and the mighty blind.
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- Life is a temporary stop, death is the journey home.
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- A day of travelling will bring a basketful of learning.
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- The mouth prays to Buddha, but the heart is full of evil.
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- It's better to sleep on the floor in an incense shop than in a bed in a fishmarket.
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- A day in prison is longer than a thousand years at large.
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- The human tongue is more poisonous than a bee's sting.
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- It is no disgrace to move out of the way of the elephant.
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- The higher you climb, the heavier you fall.
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- If you want to travel fast use the old roads.
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- Women are like raindrops: some fall on palaces, others on ricefields.
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- The fat buffalo will attract the lean buffalo.
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- If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.
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- When the tree falls, any child can climb it.
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- The dog will always attack the one with torn trousers.
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- If you want to eat pickled herring, think about the thirst you will have.
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- When the pain has passed one forgets the medicine.
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- The buffalo that arrive late will have to drink muddy water and eat dried grass.
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- If you hold high office, the whole village will share your fame.
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- When the father has eaten too much salt in his lifetime, then his son thereafter will have a great thirst.
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- The boat follows the helm, the woman follows her husband.
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- If you go out a lot at night, you will probably meet ghosts.
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- When the cat's away the mouse sits on its throne.
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- The bird that escapes from its cage never wants to come back.
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- He wanted to cure a healthy pig and ended up with a sick one.
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- When husband and wife live in harmony, they can dry up the ocean without a bucket.
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- The army is the poison and the people are the water in which the poison is mixed.
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- Giving just a crumb to the hungry is worth more than giving lunch to the satisfied.
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- Old foxes want no tutor.
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- One often gets what one disdains.
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- Receive a plum, return a peach.
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- Sun is for cucumbers, rain for rice.
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