mua trâu xem vó
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Meaning · English
Check carefully before buying or committing
Literally: buy buffalo look at hooves
Examples
Trước khi mua nhà, anh ấy nhớ mẹo mua trâu xem vóBefore buying a house, he remembered the advice to check carefully
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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 “mua trâu xem vó” mean?
Check carefully before buying or committing Literally: buy buffalo look at hooves
Is “mua trâu xem vó” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.