ăn cơm tập thể

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Meaning · English

Mess-hall living — the crowded, threadbare communality of dormitory rice.

Literally: eating collective rice
Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Tục ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “ăn cơm tập thể” mean?

Mess-hall living — the crowded, threadbare communality of dormitory rice. Literally: eating collective rice

Is “ăn cơm tập thể” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.