Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Kiếm củi phải bẻ bờ rào, đi mót thì phải bông vào bông ra

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Meaning · English

One must take risks to achieve something

Literally: Chopping firewood requires breaking the fence, going to pick leaves requires going in and out of the boughs

Examples

Anh ấy biết kiếm củi phải bẻ bờ rào nên quyết định đầu tư vào dự án mớiHe knows that to chop firewood you have to break the fence, so he decided to invest in the new project

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Sources & notes

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 “Kiếm củi phải bẻ bờ rào, đi mót thì phải bông vào bông ra” mean?

One must take risks to achieve something Literally: Chopping firewood requires breaking the fence, going to pick leaves requires going in and out of the boughs

Is “Kiếm củi phải bẻ bờ rào, đi mót thì phải bông vào bông ra” formal or informal?

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