Cần dài mỏ nhăn, cối sâu; chỉ vài trăm dận trắng phau ngó cần

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Meaning · English

A small investment can lead to significant returns

Literally: long stem, wrinkled nose, deep mortar; just a few hundred silver coins to look at the need

Examples

Anh ấy chỉ đầu tư vài trăm nghìn đồng nhưng thu được lợi nhuận rất lớn, cần dài mỏ nhăn, cối sâu; chỉ vài trăm dận trắng phau ngó cầnHe only invested a few hundred thousand dong but earned a huge profit, a small investment can lead to significant returns

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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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What does “Cần dài mỏ nhăn, cối sâu; chỉ vài trăm dận trắng phau ngó cần” mean?

A small investment can lead to significant returns Literally: long stem, wrinkled nose, deep mortar; just a few hundred silver coins to look at the need

Is “Cần dài mỏ nhăn, cối sâu; chỉ vài trăm dận trắng phau ngó cần” formal or informal?

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