thuổng đào chẳng thấy
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Meaning · English
Not seeing the consequences of one's actions
Literally: shovel digging but not seeing
Examples
Anh ấy làm việc mà không suy nghĩ đến hậu quả, thuổng đào chẳng thấy.He works without thinking about the consequences, shovel digging but not seeing.
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 “thuổng đào chẳng thấy” mean?
Not seeing the consequences of one's actions Literally: shovel digging but not seeing
Is “thuổng đào chẳng thấy” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.