Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Mía ngọt đánh cả cụm

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Punishing a whole group for one person's mistake

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Trừng phạt cả nhóm vì lỗi của một người

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Literally: sweet sugarcane hits the whole cluster

Examples

Việc cả lớp bị phạt vì lỗi của một bạn là mía ngọt đánh cả cụmThe whole class being punished for one student's mistake is an example of mía ngọt đánh cả cụm

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Sources & notes

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.

Common questions

What does “Mía ngọt đánh cả cụm” mean?

Punishing a whole group for one person's mistake Literally: sweet sugarcane hits the whole cluster

Is “Mía ngọt đánh cả cụm” formal or informal?

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

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