vấn xá cầu điền, nguyên vô đại chí
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Meaning · English
Asking after houses and fields — the small dream that convicts a man of no great one.
Literally: inquiring for cottages and paddies: originally no great ambition
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “vấn xá cầu điền, nguyên vô đại chí” mean?
Asking after houses and fields — the small dream that convicts a man of no great one. Literally: inquiring for cottages and paddies: originally no great ambition
Is “vấn xá cầu điền, nguyên vô đại chí” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.