cá trê chui ống
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Meaning · English
to take advantage of a situation
Literally: catfish slipping through a pipe
Examples
Anh ấy cá trê chui ống trong tình huống khó khăn đóHe took advantage of the difficult situation
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Tục ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ 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 “cá trê chui ống” mean?
to take advantage of a situation Literally: catfish slipping through a pipe
Is “cá trê chui ống” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.