công giả trường
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Meaning · English
Toil of the sand-crab — labor the next wave undoes; building what the sea flattens nightly.
Literally: the sand-crab's work
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 “công giả trường” mean?
Toil of the sand-crab — labor the next wave undoes; building what the sea flattens nightly. Literally: the sand-crab's work
Is “công giả trường” formal or informal?
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