Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

vô phược kê chi lực

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Meaning · English

Not strength enough to tie a chicken — feebleness in its proverbial unit.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Yếu ớt đến mức không thể trói được gà

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Literally: without strength to bind a fowl

Examples

Trói gà không chặt mà đòi khiêng tủ.Can't truss a chicken and wants to haul the wardrobe.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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 “vô phược kê chi lực” mean?

Not strength enough to tie a chicken — feebleness in its proverbial unit. Literally: without strength to bind a fowl

Is “vô phược kê chi lực” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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