ao sâu cá cả

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Meaning · English

Deep ponds grow big fish — great talent needs deep water to grow in.

Literally: deep pond, great fish

Examples

Công ty nhỏ khó giữ người tài, ao sâu cá cả mà.Small firms struggle to keep big talent — big fish need deep ponds.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Tục ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “ao sâu cá cả” mean?

Deep ponds grow big fish — great talent needs deep water to grow in. Literally: deep pond, great fish

Is “ao sâu cá cả” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.