châu-chấu thấy đỏ lửa thì đến
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Meaning · English
Someone takes advantage of an opportunity
Literally: grasshopper sees red fire then comes
Examples
Khi biết tin công ty mới mở, anh ấy châu-chấu thấy đỏ lửa thì đến để nộp đơnWhen he heard the news that the new company was opening, he took advantage of the opportunity to apply
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-chấu thấy đỏ lửa thì đến” mean?
Someone takes advantage of an opportunity Literally: grasshopper sees red fire then comes
Is “châu-chấu thấy đỏ lửa thì đến” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.