trâu cổ cò, bò cổ lải
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Meaning · English
Each person has their own strengths and weaknesses
Literally: buffalo necked crane, cow necked lải bird
Examples
Mỗi người có một điểm mạnh riêng, trâu cổ cò, bò cổ lảiEach person has their own strengths and weaknesses, trâu cổ cò, bò cổ lải
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 cổ cò, bò cổ lải” mean?
Each person has their own strengths and weaknesses Literally: buffalo necked crane, cow necked lải bird
Is “trâu cổ cò, bò cổ lải” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.