chè ngon khan cổ, thuốc ngon lắm đờm
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Meaning · English
Fine tea parches the throat, fine tobacco thickens the phlegm — the finest pleasures exact their tax.
Literally: good tea dries the throat, good tobacco breeds phlegm
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “chè ngon khan cổ, thuốc ngon lắm đờm” mean?
Fine tea parches the throat, fine tobacco thickens the phlegm — the finest pleasures exact their tax. Literally: good tea dries the throat, good tobacco breeds phlegm
Is “chè ngon khan cổ, thuốc ngon lắm đờm” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.