Ruộng cấy chay, ăn mày rỗng bị
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Meaning · English
Poor planning leads to failure
Literally: field planted empty, begging bowl empty
Examples
Anh ấy mở quán ăn mà không tính toán kỹ, nên bây giờ ruộng cấy chay, ăn mày rỗng bị.He opened a restaurant without calculating carefully, so now he's failing.
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
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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Common questions
What does “Ruộng cấy chay, ăn mày rỗng bị” mean?
Poor planning leads to failure Literally: field planted empty, begging bowl empty
Is “Ruộng cấy chay, ăn mày rỗng bị” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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