thân trâu trâu lo, thân bò bò liệu
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Meaning · English
Each person is responsible for their own problems
Literally: buffalo's body buffalo worries, cow's body cow resolves
Examples
Mỗi người có mỗi việc, thân trâu trâu lo, thân bò bò liệuEach person has their own issues, each person is responsible for their own problems
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Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). 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 “thân trâu trâu lo, thân bò bò liệu” mean?
Each person is responsible for their own problems Literally: buffalo's body buffalo worries, cow's body cow resolves
Is “thân trâu trâu lo, thân bò bò liệu” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.