Cỗ chín lợn mười trâu không bằng tép dầu đầm Vạc

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Meaning · English

Local products are more valuable than abundant foreign ones

Literally: Nine dishes and ten pigs are not as good as a small shrimp from Vạc swamp

Examples

Cỗ chín lợn mười trâu không bằng tép dầu đầm Vạc, anh ạLocal specialties are worth more than abundant imported goods, you see

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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 2026-08-06; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Cỗ chín lợn mười trâu không bằng tép dầu đầm Vạc” mean?

Local products are more valuable than abundant foreign ones Literally: Nine dishes and ten pigs are not as good as a small shrimp from Vạc swamp

Is “Cỗ chín lợn mười trâu không bằng tép dầu đầm Vạc” formal or informal?

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