cóc có gan cóc, kiến có gan kiến
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Meaning · English
Everyone has their own courage and strength
Literally: frog has frog's liver, ant has ant's liver
Examples
Mỗi người có một khả năng khác nhau, cóc có gan cóc, kiến có gan kiếnEach person has a different ability, everyone has their own courage and strength
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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 “cóc có gan cóc, kiến có gan kiến” mean?
Everyone has their own courage and strength Literally: frog has frog's liver, ant has ant's liver
Is “cóc có gan cóc, kiến có gan kiến” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.