áo vá trăm trặng
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Meaning · English
Mending a torn relationship is difficult
Literally: shirt patched a hundred times
Examples
Anh ấy cố gắng vá lại mối quan hệ với bạn cũ, nhưng thật không dễ như áo vá trăm trặng.He tried to mend his relationship with his old friend, but it was not easy, like a shirt patched a hundred times.
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “áo vá trăm trặng” mean?
Mending a torn relationship is difficult Literally: shirt patched a hundred times
Is “áo vá trăm trặng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.