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Dictionary entry
làm dâu trăm họ
làm dâu trăm họ means to satisfy or please everyone, often implying difficulty or impossibility in Vietnamese. Review definitions, example sentences, and related dictionary entries.
Definitions
Meanings
- 01
to satisfy or please everyone, often implying difficulty or impossibility
Reference
Lexical details
- Part of speech
- Verb
- CEFR
- B2
Usage notes
Fixed idiom. Literally 'to be a daughter-in-law to a hundred families'; used to describe the near-impossible task of satisfying everyone. Typically carries negative or realistic connotation. Frequently follows comparison verbs giống như or ví như.
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Examples
Usage in context
3 examples
Công việc làm quản lý giống như phải làm dâu trăm họ, không dễ khiến mọi người hài lòng.
Being a manager is like trying to please everyone, it's not easy to make everyone happy.
Làm dâu trăm họ là một thử thách lớn khi bạn phải đối mặt với nhiều ý kiến khác nhau.
Trying to please everyone is a big challenge when you have to deal with many different opinions.