Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

nghị huyện tri thủy

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Meaning · English

Ants know where the water is — Guan Zhong dug at the ant-hills and the army drank; small creatures, sound intelligence.

Literally: ants know the water

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

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What does “nghị huyện tri thủy” mean?

Ants know where the water is — Guan Zhong dug at the ant-hills and the army drank; small creatures, sound intelligence. Literally: ants know the water

Is “nghị huyện tri thủy” formal or informal?

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