Trâu khoẻ chẳng lọ cày trưa, mạ già ruộng ngấu, không thua bạn điền

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Meaning · English

Even the strongest person has limitations

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Kẻ mạnh nhất cũng có giới hạn

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Literally: Buffalo is healthy doesn't plow the field at noon, old rice grass field is deep, doesn't lose to friends farming

Examples

Tôi muốn giúp anh ấy, nhưng trâu khoẻ chẳng lọ cày trưa, mạ già ruộng ngấu, không thua bạn điền màI want to help him, but even the strongest person has limitations, after all

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Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-08; pending editor spot-check.

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What does “Trâu khoẻ chẳng lọ cày trưa, mạ già ruộng ngấu, không thua bạn điền” mean?

Even the strongest person has limitations Literally: Buffalo is healthy doesn't plow the field at noon, old rice grass field is deep, doesn't lose to friends farming

Is “Trâu khoẻ chẳng lọ cày trưa, mạ già ruộng ngấu, không thua bạn điền” formal or informal?

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