vụng dại chầy cối, khôn khéo vá may
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Clumsy people do rough work, clever people do fine work
Người vụng về làm việc thô, người khôn làm việc tinh
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Examples
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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 “vụng dại chầy cối, khôn khéo vá may” mean?
Clumsy people do rough work, clever people do fine work Literally: clumsy hit mortar, clever patch clothes
Is “vụng dại chầy cối, khôn khéo vá may” formal or informal?
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