buôn thúng bán bưng

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

Meaning · English

Basket trade and tray selling — petty street vending to get by.

Literally: trade by basket, sell from a tray
Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “buôn thúng bán bưng” mean?

Basket trade and tray selling — petty street vending to get by. Literally: trade by basket, sell from a tray

Is “buôn thúng bán bưng” formal or informal?

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