Ăn miếng trả miếng

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

Meaning · English

Eat one, pay one. Tit for tat .

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Đổi chác

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora
Sources & notes

Imported from Wikiquote: Vietnamese proverbs (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29), pending review. Sources cited there: Tục ngữ-ca dao dân ca Việt Nam: song ngữ Việt-Anh (2000).

Common questions

What does “Ăn miếng trả miếng” mean?

Eat one, pay one. Tit for tat .

Is “Ăn miếng trả miếng” formal or informal?

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