Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

gánh vàng vào kho

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Meaning · English

Hauling gold into the treasury — labor whose whole profit lands in official vaults.

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Literally: carry gold into the storehouse

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “gánh vàng vào kho” mean?

Hauling gold into the treasury — labor whose whole profit lands in official vaults. Literally: carry gold into the storehouse

Is “gánh vàng vào kho” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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