"thả cá nhỏ, bắt cá lớn" meaning in Vietnamese

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        "1": "vi",
        "2": "thả",
        "3": "cá",
        "4": "nhỏ",
        "5": "bắt",
        "6": "cá",
        "7": "lớn",
        "t1": "to release",
        "t2": "fish",
        "t3": "small",
        "t4": "to catch",
        "t5": "fish",
        "t6": "large"
      },
      "expansion": "thả (“to release”) + cá (“fish”) + nhỏ (“small”) + bắt (“to catch”) + cá (“fish”) + lớn (“large”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "thả (“to release”) + cá (“fish”) + nhỏ (“small”) + bắt (“to catch”) + cá (“fish”) + lớn (“large”)",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
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      "expansion": "thả cá nhỏ, bắt cá lớn",
      "name": "vi-proverb"
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  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "proverb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "release a small fish to catch a big fish"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
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        "(literally) release a small fish to catch a big fish"
      ],
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        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a small sacrifice yields a bigger reward; no pain, no gain"
      ],
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          "sacrifice",
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        ],
        [
          "reward",
          "reward"
        ],
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          "no pain, no gain",
          "no pain, no gain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a small sacrifice yields a bigger reward; no pain, no gain"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰaː˧˩ kaː˧˦ ɲɔ˧˩ ʔɓat̚˧˦ kaː˧˦ ləːn˧˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰaː˧˨ kaː˨˩˦ ɲɔ˧˨ ʔɓak̚˦˧˥ kaː˨˩˦ ləːŋ˦˧˥]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰaː˨˩˦ kaː˦˥ ɲɔ˨˩˦ ʔɓak̚˦˥ kaː˦˥ ləːŋ˦˥]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "thả săn sắt, bắt cá rô"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bỏ săn sắt, bắt cá rô"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bỏ tép bắt tôm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "không vào hang cọp sao bắt được cọp con"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thả cá nhỏ, bắt cá lớn"
}

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    "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Vietnamese lemmas",
    "Vietnamese proverbs",
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        "3": "cá",
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        "6": "cá",
        "7": "lớn",
        "t1": "to release",
        "t2": "fish",
        "t3": "small",
        "t4": "to catch",
        "t5": "fish",
        "t6": "large"
      },
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "thả (“to release”) + cá (“fish”) + nhỏ (“small”) + bắt (“to catch”) + cá (“fish”) + lớn (“large”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      "expansion": "thả cá nhỏ, bắt cá lớn",
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      "expansion": "thả cá nhỏ, bắt cá lớn",
      "name": "vi-proverb"
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  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "release a small fish to catch a big fish"
      ],
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          "fish",
          "fish"
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      ],
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        "(literally) release a small fish to catch a big fish"
      ],
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        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "a small sacrifice yields a bigger reward; no pain, no gain"
      ],
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          "sacrifice",
          "sacrifice"
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          "reward",
          "reward"
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          "no pain, no gain",
          "no pain, no gain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a small sacrifice yields a bigger reward; no pain, no gain"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰaː˧˩ kaː˧˦ ɲɔ˧˩ ʔɓat̚˧˦ kaː˧˦ ləːn˧˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰaː˧˨ kaː˨˩˦ ɲɔ˧˨ ʔɓak̚˦˧˥ kaː˨˩˦ ləːŋ˦˧˥]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰaː˨˩˦ kaː˦˥ ɲɔ˨˩˦ ʔɓak̚˦˥ kaː˦˥ ləːŋ˦˥]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "thả săn sắt, bắt cá rô"
    },
    {
      "word": "bỏ săn sắt, bắt cá rô"
    },
    {
      "word": "bỏ tép bắt tôm"
    },
    {
      "word": "không vào hang cọp sao bắt được cọp con"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thả cá nhỏ, bắt cá lớn"
}