Kiếm củi phải bẻ chà rào, đi mót lúa phải bông vào bông ra

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Meaning · English

One must be meticulous and thorough in their work

Literally: Chopping firewood requires breaking and splitting, gathering rice requires going in and out of the rice bundles

Examples

Công việc này đòi hỏi sự tỉ mỉ, kiếm củi phải bẻ chà rào, đi mót lúa phải bông vào bông raThis job requires meticulousness, one must be thorough like when chopping firewood or gathering rice

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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 “Kiếm củi phải bẻ chà rào, đi mót lúa phải bông vào bông ra” mean?

One must be meticulous and thorough in their work Literally: Chopping firewood requires breaking and splitting, gathering rice requires going in and out of the rice bundles

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

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