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đố ai bắt chạch đằng đuôi, bắt chim đầu cánh, bắt người trong trăng

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Meaning · English

Who can catch the loach by its tail, the bird by its wingtip, the person in the moon — a dare-list of impossibilities.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

danh sách những điều không thể

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Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Topics: Ca dao (folk verse)

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What does “đố ai bắt chạch đằng đuôi, bắt chim đầu cánh, bắt người trong trăng” mean?

Who can catch the loach by its tail, the bird by its wingtip, the person in the moon — a dare-list of impossibilities.

Is “đố ai bắt chạch đằng đuôi, bắt chim đầu cánh, bắt người trong trăng” formal or informal?

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