Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

muối bỏ bể không thấm vào đâu

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Meaning · English

Salt tossed in the sea — contribution vanishing into scale without a trace.

Literally: salt dropped in the ocean soaks in nowhere

Examples

Giúp thế như muối bỏ bể.Help like salt in the sea.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “muối bỏ bể không thấm vào đâu” mean?

Salt tossed in the sea — contribution vanishing into scale without a trace. Literally: salt dropped in the ocean soaks in nowhere

Is “muối bỏ bể không thấm vào đâu” formal or informal?

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

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