bồ-dục chẳng đến bàn thứ năm
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Meaning · English
A guest's appetite decreases after the fifth dish
Literally: guest appetite not come fifth tray
Examples
Khách đến nhà tôi ăn, nhưng bồ-dục chẳng đến bàn thứ năm.The guests came to my house to eat, but they lost their appetite after the fifth dish.
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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 “bồ-dục chẳng đến bàn thứ năm” mean?
A guest's appetite decreases after the fifth dish Literally: guest appetite not come fifth tray
Is “bồ-dục chẳng đến bàn thứ năm” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.