vua chúa cũng có khi nhầm, nữa là bà lão

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Meaning · English

Even the wisest can make mistakes, let alone ordinary people

Literally: kings also have times of mistake, let alone old women

Examples

Anh ấy là chuyên gia nhưng vua chúa cũng có khi nhầm, nữa là bà lão như tôiHe's an expert but even the wisest can make mistakes, let alone someone like me

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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 “vua chúa cũng có khi nhầm, nữa là bà lão” mean?

Even the wisest can make mistakes, let alone ordinary people Literally: kings also have times of mistake, let alone old women

Is “vua chúa cũng có khi nhầm, nữa là bà lão” formal or informal?

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