làm ruộng ba năm, không bằng chăn tằm ba lứa
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Meaning · English
Agriculture is less profitable than sericulture
Literally: farming for three years, not as good as silkworm breeding for three cycles
Examples
Làm ruộng ba năm, không bằng chăn tằm ba lứa, anh quyết định chuyển sang nghề mớiFarming for three years is not as good as silkworm breeding for three cycles, so he decided to switch to a new profession
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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 drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “làm ruộng ba năm, không bằng chăn tằm ba lứa” mean?
Agriculture is less profitable than sericulture Literally: farming for three years, not as good as silkworm breeding for three cycles
Is “làm ruộng ba năm, không bằng chăn tằm ba lứa” formal or informal?
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