dạ đồng chiêm có liềm thì cắt, lúa đồng mùa có mắt thì trông
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Meaning · English
Everyone has their own role to play
Literally: winter field has sickle to cut, summer field has eyes to watch
Examples
Mỗi người có vai trò của mình, dạ đồng chiêm có liềm thì cắt, lúa đồng mùa có mắt thì trôngEveryone has their own role to play, winter field has sickle to cut, summer field has eyes to watch
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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 “dạ đồng chiêm có liềm thì cắt, lúa đồng mùa có mắt thì trông” mean?
Everyone has their own role to play Literally: winter field has sickle to cut, summer field has eyes to watch
Is “dạ đồng chiêm có liềm thì cắt, lúa đồng mùa có mắt thì trông” formal or informal?
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