Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

gánh vã buôn thuyền

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Meaning · English

Plowing for hire, hoeing for wages — the landless day's labor, sold field by field.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Làm thuê trên ruộng người khác, bán sức lao động theo ngày

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Literally: plow hired, hoe rented

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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “gánh vã buôn thuyền” mean?

Plowing for hire, hoeing for wages — the landless day's labor, sold field by field. Literally: plow hired, hoe rented

Is “gánh vã buôn thuyền” formal or informal?

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