được cau đau lúa
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Meaning · English
Suffering leads to success
Literally: got hit by the buffalo, painful rice
Examples
Sau bao lần thất bại, cuối cùng anh cũng được cau đau lúa.After many failures, he finally suffered and succeeded.
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Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). 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 “được cau đau lúa” mean?
Suffering leads to success Literally: got hit by the buffalo, painful rice
Is “được cau đau lúa” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.