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nhàn cư vi bất thiện

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idle hands devil's workshop
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idle hands devil's workshop

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idle hands devil's workshop Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

A proverb suggesting that when someone has no work to do, they are likely to misbehave.

vi Trẻ con nên được bận rộn với việc học để tránh tình trạng nhàn cư vi bất thiện.

en Children should be kept busy with studying to avoid the situation where idle hands lead to mischief.

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Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 閒居為不善 / 閒居為不善
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 閒居為不善

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閒居為不善
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nhàn 閑 cư 居 vi 微(違) bất 不 thiện 善
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