Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Đi buôn bữa lỗ bữa lời, ra câu giữa vời bữa có bữa không

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Meaning · English

Experience varying success and failure

Literally: go trading sometimes lose sometimes gain, go fishing sometimes have sometimes none

Examples

Cuộc sống của người dân chài vừa đi buôn bữa lỗ bữa lời, ra câu giữa vời bữa có bữa khôngThe life of fishermen is just like going trading sometimes losing sometimes gaining, going fishing sometimes having a catch and sometimes not

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Sources & notes

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.

Common questions

What does “Đi buôn bữa lỗ bữa lời, ra câu giữa vời bữa có bữa không” mean?

Experience varying success and failure Literally: go trading sometimes lose sometimes gain, go fishing sometimes have sometimes none

Is “Đi buôn bữa lỗ bữa lời, ra câu giữa vời bữa có bữa không” formal or informal?

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