chó trui gậm chạn
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Meaning · English
A person with no skill or talent tries to do something beyond their capability
Literally: dog bites wooden board
Examples
Anh ấy chó trui gậm chạn khi thử nấu ănHe was like a dog biting a wooden board when he tried to cook
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 “chó trui gậm chạn” mean?
A person with no skill or talent tries to do something beyond their capability Literally: dog bites wooden board
Is “chó trui gậm chạn” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.