Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

cầy thuê quốc mướn

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Pointing at stags and gibbons — directions offered to every horizon but the useful one.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

chỉ dẫn mọi hướng trừ hướng hữu ích

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Literally: point at deer, point at apes

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 “cầy thuê quốc mướn” mean?

Pointing at stags and gibbons — directions offered to every horizon but the useful one. Literally: point at deer, point at apes

Is “cầy thuê quốc mướn” formal or informal?

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

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