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.