Làm giai cứ nước hai mà nói

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Meaning · English

To judge a country by a small part of it

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Đánh giá một quốc gia dựa trên một phần nhỏ của nó

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Literally: Judging the whole river from just two buckets of water

Examples

Anh ấy làm giai cứ nước hai mà nói về tình hình kinh tế Việt NamHe judged the entire Vietnamese economy based on just a small part of it

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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 “Làm giai cứ nước hai mà nói” mean?

To judge a country by a small part of it Literally: Judging the whole river from just two buckets of water

Is “Làm giai cứ nước hai mà nói” formal or informal?

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