đi cầu nào biết cầu ấy

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Meaning · English

Only experience can reveal the true nature of something

Literally: go to which bridge know that bridge

Examples

Phải đi du lịch mới biết đi cầu nào biết cầu ấyYou have to travel to understand that only experience can reveal the true nature of something

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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 “đi cầu nào biết cầu ấy” mean?

Only experience can reveal the true nature of something Literally: go to which bridge know that bridge

Is “đi cầu nào biết cầu ấy” formal or informal?

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