yếu trâu bằng khoẻ bò
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Meaning · English
A weak person can be as useful as a strong one
Literally: weak water buffalo equals healthy cow
Examples
Nhờ có sự giúp đỡ của mọi người mà công việc được hoàn thành, yếu trâu bằng khoẻ bòThanks to everyone's help, the job was done, weak water buffalo equals healthy cow
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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 “yếu trâu bằng khoẻ bò” mean?
A weak person can be as useful as a strong one Literally: weak water buffalo equals healthy cow
Is “yếu trâu bằng khoẻ bò” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.