một ngựa hai yên, một chĩnh hai gáo
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Meaning · English
One thing cannot be used by two parties with conflicting interests
Literally: one horse two saddles, one bucket two dippers
Examples
Anh ấy không thể vừa làm việc cho công ty cũ vừa nhận lương từ công ty mới, một ngựa hai yên, một chĩnh hai gáoHe cannot work for his old company and receive a salary from the new one, one thing cannot be used by two parties with conflicting interests
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 “một ngựa hai yên, một chĩnh hai gáo” mean?
One thing cannot be used by two parties with conflicting interests Literally: one horse two saddles, one bucket two dippers
Is “một ngựa hai yên, một chĩnh hai gáo” formal or informal?
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