châu chết để da
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Meaning · English
Sacrifice something valuable for something worthless
Literally: elephant dies for skin
Examples
Anh ta châu chết để da khi bán xe máy để mua điện thoại mớiHe sacrificed something valuable for something worthless when he sold his motorbike to buy a new phone
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 “châu chết để da” mean?
Sacrifice something valuable for something worthless Literally: elephant dies for skin
Is “châu chết để da” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.