đẹp chẳng mài mà uống
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Meaning · English
Something beautiful is not necessarily useful
Literally: beautiful but not grind to drink
Examples
Cô ấy đẹp chẳng mài mà uống, không biết làm việc nhàShe's beautiful but not grind to drink, doesn't know how to do household chores
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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 “đẹp chẳng mài mà uống” mean?
Something beautiful is not necessarily useful Literally: beautiful but not grind to drink
Is “đẹp chẳng mài mà uống” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.