Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

âu cũng là cái liễn

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Meaning · English

It's all much the same pot — a punning shrug that what happened was bound to be so, and one may as well accept it.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Mọi thứ đều giống nhau, chấp nhận số phận

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Literally: an 'âu' bowl is a 'liễn' jar anyway

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Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành 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 “âu cũng là cái liễn” mean?

It's all much the same pot — a punning shrug that what happened was bound to be so, and one may as well accept it. Literally: an 'âu' bowl is a 'liễn' jar anyway

Is “âu cũng là cái liễn” formal or informal?

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

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