Gà rừng chê thóc lép không ăn, chuột chê nhà dột ra nằm bờ tre

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Meaning · English

One should not be too picky when they have limited options

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Không nên quá kén chọn khi có lựa chọn hạn chế

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Literally: Wild chicken disdains split rice, mouse disdains leaky house to sleep on bamboo shore

Examples

Gà rừng chê thóc lép không ăn, chuột chê nhà dột ra nằm bờ tre, mình cũng nên biết đủOne should not be too picky when they have limited options, we should also know what is enough

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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 “Gà rừng chê thóc lép không ăn, chuột chê nhà dột ra nằm bờ tre” mean?

One should not be too picky when they have limited options Literally: Wild chicken disdains split rice, mouse disdains leaky house to sleep on bamboo shore

Is “Gà rừng chê thóc lép không ăn, chuột chê nhà dột ra nằm bờ tre” formal or informal?

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