cả sóng ngã tay chèo
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Meaning · English
completely defeated or ruined
Literally: both wave and paddle fall
Examples
Sau khi mất việc và ly hôn, anh cảm thấy cả sóng ngã tay chèo.After losing his job and getting divorced, he felt completely defeated.
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 “cả sóng ngã tay chèo” mean?
completely defeated or ruined Literally: both wave and paddle fall
Is “cả sóng ngã tay chèo” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.