ruộng đồng mặc sức chim bay, nước sông lai láng cá bầy đua bơi

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Meaning · English

Everyone is free to do as they please

Literally: fields let birds fly, river water lets fish swim

Examples

Ở đây ruộng đồng mặc sức chim bay, nước sông lai láng cá bầy đua bơi, ai cũng sống tự do.Here, everyone is free to do as they please, and everyone lives freely.

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Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “ruộng đồng mặc sức chim bay, nước sông lai láng cá bầy đua bơi” mean?

Everyone is free to do as they please Literally: fields let birds fly, river water lets fish swim

Is “ruộng đồng mặc sức chim bay, nước sông lai láng cá bầy đua bơi” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.