đức bất cô, tất hữu lân

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 德不孤，必有鄰.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨk̚˧˦ ʔɓət̚˧˦ ko˧˧ tət̚˧˦ hiw˦ˀ˥ lən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨk̚˦˧˥ ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ kow˧˧ tək̚˦˧˥ hɨw˧˨ ləŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨk̚˦˥ ʔɓək̚˦˥ kow˧˧ tək̚˦˥ hɨw˨˩˦ ləŋ˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: đức bất cô tất hữu lân

Idiom

đức bất cô, tất hữu lân

1. Virtue never has solitude and always has companionship.