Ngựa le te cũng đến bến giang, voi thủng thỉnh cũng sang qua đò

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Meaning · English

Even the incompetent or unskilled can eventually achieve their goals

Literally: Horse with broken leg also reaches riverbank, elephant with broken tusk also crosses ferry

Examples

Dù anh ấy không giỏi lắm nhưng anh ấy vẫn đậu đại học, ngựa le te cũng đến bến giang màEven though he's not very good, he still passed the university exam, as the saying goes, ngựa le te cũng đến bến giang

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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.

Common questions

What does “Ngựa le te cũng đến bến giang, voi thủng thỉnh cũng sang qua đò” mean?

Even the incompetent or unskilled can eventually achieve their goals Literally: Horse with broken leg also reaches riverbank, elephant with broken tusk also crosses ferry

Is “Ngựa le te cũng đến bến giang, voi thủng thỉnh cũng sang qua đò” formal or informal?

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