trâu chết mặc trâu, bò chết mặc bò
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Meaning · English
Each person has their own unique strengths and weaknesses
Literally: water buffalo dies wears water buffalo, cow dies wears cow
Examples
Mỗi người có điểm mạnh riêng, trâu chết mặc trâu, bò chết mặc bòEach person has their own strengths, water buffalo dies wears water buffalo, cow dies wears cow
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 “trâu chết mặc trâu, bò chết mặc bò” mean?
Each person has their own unique strengths and weaknesses Literally: water buffalo dies wears water buffalo, cow dies wears cow
Is “trâu chết mặc trâu, bò chết mặc bò” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.