Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

cá mè một lứa, cá đuối tầy đầu

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Meaning · English

Silver carp, all one spawning — peas in a pod, and none the better pea.

Literally: mè carp of a single batch

Examples

Cả đám cá mè một lứa.The whole lot — carp of one spawning.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “cá mè một lứa, cá đuối tầy đầu” mean?

Silver carp, all one spawning — peas in a pod, and none the better pea. Literally: mè carp of a single batch

Is “cá mè một lứa, cá đuối tầy đầu” formal or informal?

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