đất bụt ném chim giời
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Meaning · English
Using something of little value to harm something of great value
Literally: throwing mud at heavenly birds
Examples
Anh ấy đã đất bụt ném chim giời khi đánh mất hợp đồng lớn vì một lý do nhỏ nhặtHe threw mud at heavenly birds when he lost the big contract due to a trivial reason
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 “đất bụt ném chim giời” mean?
Using something of little value to harm something of great value Literally: throwing mud at heavenly birds
Is “đất bụt ném chim giời” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.