chẻ vỏ vẫn thua vận đỏ
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Meaning · English
Even with great effort, one can still be unlucky
Literally: split the bark but still lose to good luck
Examples
Anh ấy đã cố gắng hết sức, nhưng chẻ vỏ vẫn thua vận đỏHe tried his best, but still was unlucky
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 “chẻ vỏ vẫn thua vận đỏ” mean?
Even with great effort, one can still be unlucky Literally: split the bark but still lose to good luck
Is “chẻ vỏ vẫn thua vận đỏ” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.