Lụt thì lút cả làng

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Meaning · English

When one person is in trouble, the whole community is affected

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Khi một người gặp rắc rối, cả cộng đồng cũng bị ảnh hưởng

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Literally: Flood then submerge the whole village

Examples

Khi công ty phá sản, lụt thì lút cả làng, nhiều người mất việcWhen the company went bankrupt, it was a case of lụt thì lút cả làng, many people lost their jobs

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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 2026-08-07; pending editor spot-check.

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What does “Lụt thì lút cả làng” mean?

When one person is in trouble, the whole community is affected Literally: Flood then submerge the whole village

Is “Lụt thì lút cả làng” formal or informal?

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