bằng mặt bằng mày
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Meaning · English
to know someone's true character
Literally: same face same cheeks
Examples
Anh ấy bằng mặt bằng mày với tôi từ cái nhìn đầu tiên.He showed his true character to me from the first glance.
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 “bằng mặt bằng mày” mean?
to know someone's true character Literally: same face same cheeks
Is “bằng mặt bằng mày” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.