chăn tằm một năm, bằng ba năm làm ruộng
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Meaning · English
Raising silkworms is more profitable than farming
Literally: raise silkworms one year, equal to three years of farming
Examples
Nhờ áp dụng kỹ thuật mới mà chăn tằm một năm, bằng ba năm làm ruộngThanks to applying new techniques, raising silkworms is more profitable than farming
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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 drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “chăn tằm một năm, bằng ba năm làm ruộng” mean?
Raising silkworms is more profitable than farming Literally: raise silkworms one year, equal to three years of farming
Is “chăn tằm một năm, bằng ba năm làm ruộng” formal or informal?
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