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ra sông mới biết cạn sâu, ở trong lạch hói, biết đâu mà dò

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Meaning · English

Only on the river do you learn shallow from deep; in the creeks and backwaters there's no sounding at all.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Chỉ khi trải nghiệm mới biết sâu浅

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Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Topics: Ca dao (folk verse)

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What does “ra sông mới biết cạn sâu, ở trong lạch hói, biết đâu mà dò” mean?

Only on the river do you learn shallow from deep; in the creeks and backwaters there's no sounding at all.

Is “ra sông mới biết cạn sâu, ở trong lạch hói, biết đâu mà dò” formal or informal?

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