Đố ai biết lúa mấy cây, biết sông mấy khúc mấy tầng
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Meaning · English
No one can fully know or understand everything
Literally: Guess who knows how many trees of rice, how many bends and layers of river
Examples
Không ai có thể hiểu hết mọi thứ, đố ai biết lúa mấy cây, biết sông mấy khúc mấy tầngNo one can understand everything, guess who knows how many trees of rice, how many bends and layers of river
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 2026-08-09; pending editor spot-check.
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Common questions
What does “Đố ai biết lúa mấy cây, biết sông mấy khúc mấy tầng” mean?
No one can fully know or understand everything Literally: Guess who knows how many trees of rice, how many bends and layers of river
Is “Đố ai biết lúa mấy cây, biết sông mấy khúc mấy tầng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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