both of your two sentences are not right. In vietnamese, we only use "sàng khôn" only in a proverb (not use in other cases) "Đi một ngày đàng học một sàng khôn" "Sàng" is a household appliances like basket. "Khôn" is experience, smater "Sàng khôn" is a basket of experience. As bangvuthe wrote above, it means that the more life experiences you gain each day,the smarter you become.

Hi,it's just the way of talking about "gainning more real life experiences ",so you will be much more thoughtful and better at dealing with the fitting situation in the near future. In Vietnam ,we say "đi một ngày đàng,học một sàng khôn".it means that the more life experiences you gain each day,the smarter you become. Hope we can exchange language soon.feel free to add me onto your skype: thebang.vu