trăm khoanh tứ đốm

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Meaning · English

A small mistake can lead to big trouble

Literally: a hundred buttons, four knots

Examples

Anh ấy chỉ trăm khoanh tứ đốm mà mất toàn bộ dự án.He made a small mistake and lost the whole project.

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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 “trăm khoanh tứ đốm” mean?

A small mistake can lead to big trouble Literally: a hundred buttons, four knots

Is “trăm khoanh tứ đốm” formal or informal?

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