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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 先學礼後學文
Proverb[edit]
- (literal) learn manners first, then learn literature
- (figurative) learn your manners before you learn anything else; it doesn't matter how smart you are, you have to know your manners first and foremost