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làm trai cho đáng nên trai, khom lưng chống gối gánh hai hạt vừng

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Meaning · English

Be a man worth the name: back bowed, knees braced — to carry two sesame seeds — the mock-epic of the useless husband.

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Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Topics: Ca dao (folk verse)

Common questions

What does “làm trai cho đáng nên trai, khom lưng chống gối gánh hai hạt vừng” mean?

Be a man worth the name: back bowed, knees braced — to carry two sesame seeds — the mock-epic of the useless husband.

Is “làm trai cho đáng nên trai, khom lưng chống gối gánh hai hạt vừng” formal or informal?

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

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