Vietnamese Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings

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“Eat one, pay one. Tit for tat.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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“Adversity is the mother of wisdom.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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“Like father, like son.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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“Rats desert a sinking ship.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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“Nine people, ten ideas.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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“Barking dogs seldom bite.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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” Fortune favors the brave.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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“Practice makes perfect.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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“Catch the bear before you sell his skin.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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“To carry wood back into the forest.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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“Slowly but surely.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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“Careful attention prevents misfortune.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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“You catch fish with both hands.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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Vietnamese Expressions and Sayings

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“Eating as in the North; clothing as in the South.”
– Vietnamese Expression

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“He that knows nothing doubts nothing.”
– Vietnamese Expression

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“Young bamboo trees are easy to bend.”
– Vietnamese Expression

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“People say that time goes by; time says that the people go by.”
– Vietnamese Expression

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“It’s better to sleep on the floor in an incense shop than in a bed in a fish market.”
– Vietnamese Expression

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“Sun is for cucumbers, rain for rice.”
– Vietnamese Expression

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“Water flows, rock erodes.”
– Vietnamese Expression

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“Victory makes you into an emperor, defeat into a rebel.”
– Vietnamese Expression

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“Misfortunes never come singly.”
– Vietnamese Expression

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“The higher you climb, the heavier you fall.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression

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“A day of traveling will bring a basketful of learning.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression

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“No rain without clouds.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression

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“Because the caterpillar exists, there exists also a bird to eat it.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression

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“When the pain has passed one forgets the medicine.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression

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“When eating chew well, think before speaking.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression

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“Silence gives consent.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression

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“Better a lean peace than a fat victory.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression

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“The educated man precedes the farmer. But when the rice begins to run short, it’s the farmer who comes first.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression

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“You can’t kill someone’s habit.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression

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“Life is a temporary stop, death is the journey home.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression

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“The chained buffalo doesn’t enjoy grazing.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression

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“The rich become deaf and the mighty blind.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression

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Vietnamese Phrases and Slang

Vietnam

Country: Vietnam
Vietnamese: Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
Capital: Hanoi
Language: Vietnamese
Demonym: Vietnamese
Population: 94 million

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Vietnamese Language

Vietnamese is spoken natively by about 90 million people. As a result of Vietnamese emigration, many Vietnamese speakers are outside Vietnam in other parts of Southeast Asia, as well as East Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia.

Like many other languages in Southeast Asia and East Asia, Vietnamese is an analytic language with a phonemic tone.

Its vocabulary has been strongly influenced by Chinese, with significant borrowing from French as well.

Vietnamese was historically written using chữ Nôm, a script using Chinese characters and locally-invented characters.

French colonial rule led to the official adoption of the modern Vietnamese alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) which uses the Latin alphabet with diacritics for tones and pronunciation.

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“The rich become deaf and the mighty blind.”
– Vietnamese Proverb

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