Dù ai buôn bán đâu đâu, mồng mười tháng tám chọi trâu thì về

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Meaning · English

No matter where one is, they will return home for important traditional events

Literally: no matter who trades where, on the tenth of August, they will return to fight buffalo

Examples

Dù anh đang làm việc ở nước ngoài, nhưng mồng mười tháng tám thì anh vẫn vềAlthough my brother is working abroad, he still returns home on the tenth of August

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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 2026-08-06; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Dù ai buôn bán đâu đâu, mồng mười tháng tám chọi trâu thì về” mean?

No matter where one is, they will return home for important traditional events Literally: no matter who trades where, on the tenth of August, they will return to fight buffalo

Is “Dù ai buôn bán đâu đâu, mồng mười tháng tám chọi trâu thì về” formal or informal?

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