It's better to have lots of children than to have lots of material goods.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about children
If you want to eat pickled herring, think about the thirst you will have.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese
Make the amount of sauce you use correspond to the amount of rice you have.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about use
Eating slowly is good for the stomach; plowing deeply is good for the fields.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about good, good luck
The buffalo that arrives late will have to drink muddy water and eat dry grass.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about drinking, water
The buffalo that arrive late will have to drink muddy water and eat dried grass.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about drinking, water
The army is the poison and the people are the water in which the poison is mixed.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about army, people, water
When husband and wife live in harmony, they can dry up the ocean without a bucket.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about harmony, husband, wife
Giving just a crumb to the hungry is worth more than giving lunch to the satisfied.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese
It's better to sleep on the floor in an incense shop than in a bed in a fishmarket.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about sleep
A frog living at the bottom of the well thinks that the sky is as small as a cooking pot lid.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about sky
When the father has eaten too much salt in his lifetime, then his son thereafter will have a great thirst.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese
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.