cò gỗ mổ cò thịt

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Meaning · English

People in the same profession or community harming each other

Literally: wooden stork pecks at flesh stork

Examples

Họ đang cò gỗ mổ cò thịt vì lợi ích riêngThey are harming each other for personal gain

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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 “cò gỗ mổ cò thịt” mean?

People in the same profession or community harming each other Literally: wooden stork pecks at flesh stork

Is “cò gỗ mổ cò thịt” formal or informal?

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