Nấu cơm không xới thì mất một bát, cày ruộng không lấp trốc vát thì mất một triêng

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Meaning · English

Lack of attention to detail leads to loss

Literally: Cooking rice without fluffing loses a bowl, plowing a field without covering the ridge loses a plot

Examples

Anh ấy nấu cơm không xới nên mất một bát, giống như câu nói của ông cha taHe cooked rice without fluffing, thus losing a bowl, just like our ancestors' saying

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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.

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What does “Nấu cơm không xới thì mất một bát, cày ruộng không lấp trốc vát thì mất một triêng” mean?

Lack of attention to detail leads to loss Literally: Cooking rice without fluffing loses a bowl, plowing a field without covering the ridge loses a plot

Is “Nấu cơm không xới thì mất một bát, cày ruộng không lấp trốc vát thì mất một triêng” formal or informal?

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