trăm lá giâu đổ cả cho tằm, trăm con sông đổ cả về bể

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Meaning · English

Many different things come together to form a whole

Literally: hundreds of Giâu leaves pour all for silkworms, hundreds of rivers pour all into the sea

Examples

Trăm lá giâu đổ cả cho tằm, trăm con sông đổ cả về bể, mỗi người đều có tài năng riêngEveryone has their own talents, many different things come together to form a whole

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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 lá giâu đổ cả cho tằm, trăm con sông đổ cả về bể” mean?

Many different things come together to form a whole Literally: hundreds of Giâu leaves pour all for silkworms, hundreds of rivers pour all into the sea

Is “trăm lá giâu đổ cả cho tằm, trăm con sông đổ cả về bể” formal or informal?

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