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cái nết đánh chết cái đẹp

character over beauty
proverb
character over beauty

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Meaning
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Sense 1 proverb
character over beauty

A proverb stating that good character and moral qualities are more important than beauty.

vi Mẹ tôi luôn dạy rằng cái nết đánh chết cái đẹp nên đừng chỉ chú trọng vẻ ngoài.

en My mother always teaches that character is over beauty, so do not just focus on appearance.

Parts
丐涅𢱏𣩁丐𢢲
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
丐涅𢱏𣩁丐𢢲
Candidates by syllable
cái 丐 nết 涅(𢝘 / 𢟗) đánh 𢱏 chết 𣩁(𣩂) cái 丐 đẹp 𢢲
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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