Choãi chân, bần cảng, lưng thẳng, vai gồ thì về bắc chảo rang ngô cho rồi

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Meaning · English

Someone with a deformed body can still be useful

Literally: Spread legs, bent neck, straight back, hunched shoulders, then go north to roast corn

Examples

Tôi thấy ông già choãi chân, bần cảng, lưng thẳng, vai gồ thì về bắc chảo rang ngô cho rồi, vẫn có íchI see the old man with a deformed body can still be useful to roast corn

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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 2026-08-05; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Choãi chân, bần cảng, lưng thẳng, vai gồ thì về bắc chảo rang ngô cho rồi” mean?

Someone with a deformed body can still be useful Literally: Spread legs, bent neck, straight back, hunched shoulders, then go north to roast corn

Is “Choãi chân, bần cảng, lưng thẳng, vai gồ thì về bắc chảo rang ngô cho rồi” formal or informal?

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