mướp non nấu với gà đồng
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Meaning · English
Unsuitable combination of people or things
Literally: young gourd cooked with village chicken
Examples
Không nên kết hợp người mới với dự án phức tạp, đó là mướp non nấu với gà đồngWe shouldn't combine new staff with complex projects, that's like mướp non nấu với gà đồng
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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 “mướp non nấu với gà đồng” mean?
Unsuitable combination of people or things Literally: young gourd cooked with village chicken
Is “mướp non nấu với gà đồng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.