Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

ăn mày dĩ vãng

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To beg from the past — to live off old glories and keep trading on what you once did.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Sống nhờ vào vinh quang cũ

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Literally: begging alms of the past

Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành 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 mày dĩ vãng” mean?

To beg from the past — to live off old glories and keep trading on what you once did. Literally: begging alms of the past

Is “ăn mày dĩ vãng” formal or informal?

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

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