Vật Tấn, vật Tân, vật lần thiên hạ, vật đến Ba Chạ, lại ngã đồng kềnh

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Meaning · English

Everyone makes mistakes, even the wise and experienced

Literally: things that sink, things that rot, things that go through the world, things that reach Ba Chạ, still fall into the same pit

Examples

Sau đại án, ông đã phải thừa nhận Vật Tấn, vật Tân, vật lần thiên hạ, vật đến Ba Chạ, lại ngã đồng kềnhAfter the big scandal, he had to admit that everyone makes mistakes, even the wise and experienced

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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.

Common questions

What does “Vật Tấn, vật Tân, vật lần thiên hạ, vật đến Ba Chạ, lại ngã đồng kềnh” mean?

Everyone makes mistakes, even the wise and experienced Literally: things that sink, things that rot, things that go through the world, things that reach Ba Chạ, still fall into the same pit

Is “Vật Tấn, vật Tân, vật lần thiên hạ, vật đến Ba Chạ, lại ngã đồng kềnh” formal or informal?

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