uống nước không chừa cặn
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Meaning · English
Be grateful for what you have
Literally: drink water without picking out sediment
Examples
Khi nhận được sự giúp đỡ, anh nên uống nước không chừa cặnWhen receiving help, he should be grateful for what he has
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 “uống nước không chừa cặn” mean?
Be grateful for what you have Literally: drink water without picking out sediment
Is “uống nước không chừa cặn” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.