Cầm đũa chẳng biết giở đầu đuôi
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Meaning · English
Completely unable to do something
Literally: Holding chopsticks without knowing which is head or tail
Examples
Anh ấy cầm đũa chẳng biết giở đầu đuôi khi nấu ănHe was completely unable to cook as he didn't even know how to hold chopsticks
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-06; pending editor spot-check.
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Common questions
What does “Cầm đũa chẳng biết giở đầu đuôi” mean?
Completely unable to do something Literally: Holding chopsticks without knowing which is head or tail
Is “Cầm đũa chẳng biết giở đầu đuôi” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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