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dã tràng se cát biển đông, nhọc nhằn mà chẳng nên công cán gì

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Meaning · English

The sand-crab rolls its pellets in the eastern sea — endless toil, and not one grain of credit to keep.

Literally: the sand-crab spins sand in the east sea; toilsome yet no accomplishment

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Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Topics: Ca dao (folk verse)

Common questions

What does “dã tràng se cát biển đông, nhọc nhằn mà chẳng nên công cán gì” mean?

The sand-crab rolls its pellets in the eastern sea — endless toil, and not one grain of credit to keep. Literally: the sand-crab spins sand in the east sea; toilsome yet no accomplishment

Is “dã tràng se cát biển đông, nhọc nhằn mà chẳng nên công cán gì” formal or informal?

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