Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

ăn tấm trả giặt

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Meaning · English

Eat broken rice, repay whole grains — borrow small and repay large, as gambling debts go.

Literally: eat broken rice, repay whole

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “ăn tấm trả giặt” mean?

Eat broken rice, repay whole grains — borrow small and repay large, as gambling debts go. Literally: eat broken rice, repay whole

Is “ăn tấm trả giặt” formal or informal?

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

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