Đồng rộng chông mông, buồng không gãi rốn

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Meaning · English

Having many useless things but lacking what is essential

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

có nhiều thứ vô dụng nhưng thiếu thứ cần thiết

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Literally: Wide field but no crops, room but no place to scratch the belly

Examples

Anh ấy có rất nhiều đồ trang sức nhưng không có tiền để mua thức ăn.He has a lot of jewelry but no money to buy food.

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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.

Common questions

What does “Đồng rộng chông mông, buồng không gãi rốn” mean?

Having many useless things but lacking what is essential Literally: Wide field but no crops, room but no place to scratch the belly

Is “Đồng rộng chông mông, buồng không gãi rốn” formal or informal?

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