voi đá chó cũng đá

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Meaning · English

Everyone gets treated unfairly sometimes

Literally: elephants get stoned, dogs also get stoned

Examples

Tôi không hiểu tại sao tôi bị trừ điểm, voi đá chó cũng đá màI don't understand why I got penalized, everyone gets treated unfairly sometimes

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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 “voi đá chó cũng đá” mean?

Everyone gets treated unfairly sometimes Literally: elephants get stoned, dogs also get stoned

Is “voi đá chó cũng đá” formal or informal?

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