đố ai lượm đá quăng trời, đem gầu tát biển, ghẹo người trong trăng
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Meaning · English
to tease or provoke someone unnecessarily
Literally: guess who picks up rocks to throw at the sky, uses a dipper to splash the sea, teases people in the moon
Examples
Anh ấy thật đố ai lượm đá quăng trời, đem gầu tát biển, ghẹo người trong trăng khi trêu chị gáiHe was really teasing his sister unnecessarily
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Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ 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 “đố ai lượm đá quăng trời, đem gầu tát biển, ghẹo người trong trăng” mean?
to tease or provoke someone unnecessarily Literally: guess who picks up rocks to throw at the sky, uses a dipper to splash the sea, teases people in the moon
Is “đố ai lượm đá quăng trời, đem gầu tát biển, ghẹo người trong trăng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.