cháo đổ mặt mâm
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Meaning · English
Everything is ruined or wasted
Literally: porridge spilled on the tray
Examples
Anh ấy làm việc quá cẩn thận, nhưng cháo đổ mặt mâm vì một sai lầm nhỏ.He worked very carefully, but everything was ruined because of a small mistake.
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 “cháo đổ mặt mâm” mean?
Everything is ruined or wasted Literally: porridge spilled on the tray
Is “cháo đổ mặt mâm” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.