Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

chuột bầy làm chẳng nên hang

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Meaning · English

A swarm of mice digs no burrow — without a leader, many hands build nothing.

Literally: mice in a crowd can't make the den

Examples

Nhóm đông mà không ai cầm trịch, chuột bầy làm chẳng nên hang.A big team with no lead — a mouse-swarm digs no burrow.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “chuột bầy làm chẳng nên hang” mean?

A swarm of mice digs no burrow — without a leader, many hands build nothing. Literally: mice in a crowd can't make the den

Is “chuột bầy làm chẳng nên hang” formal or informal?

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

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