Đánh bằng mưu, ai đánh bằng rìu mà một nhát đưa ra

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Meaning · English

Outsmarting others is more effective than using brute force

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

chiến thắng bằng mưu kế hiệu quả hơn sử dụng lực mạnh

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Literally: Fight with strategy, who fights with axe and gives one strike

Examples

Anh ấy đã đánh bằng mưu và giành chiến thắng trong cuộc cạnh tranhHe outsmarted his opponents and won the competition

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Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-08; pending editor spot-check.

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What does “Đánh bằng mưu, ai đánh bằng rìu mà một nhát đưa ra” mean?

Outsmarting others is more effective than using brute force Literally: Fight with strategy, who fights with axe and gives one strike

Is “Đánh bằng mưu, ai đánh bằng rìu mà một nhát đưa ra” formal or informal?

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