Mồng chín tháng chín không mưa, thì con bán cả cày bừa đi buôn

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Meaning · English

If there's no rain by the ninth day of the ninth month, sell farming tools to trade

Literally: ninth day of ninth month no rain, then child sell all plow and harrow to trade

Examples

Mồng chín tháng chín không mưa, thì con bán cả cày bừa đi buônIf it doesn't rain by the ninth of September, I'll sell all my farming tools to start trading

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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.

Common questions

What does “Mồng chín tháng chín không mưa, thì con bán cả cày bừa đi buôn” mean?

If there's no rain by the ninth day of the ninth month, sell farming tools to trade Literally: ninth day of ninth month no rain, then child sell all plow and harrow to trade

Is “Mồng chín tháng chín không mưa, thì con bán cả cày bừa đi buôn” formal or informal?

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