Cho áo, tiếc giải
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Meaning · English
Giving something but still feeling regretful
Literally: give shirt, regret sleeve
Examples
Bố cho áo, tiếc giải khi thấy anh trai quá cầnDad gave away his shirt, but regretted the sleeve when he saw his brother needed it
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-05; pending editor spot-check.
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Common questions
What does “Cho áo, tiếc giải” mean?
Giving something but still feeling regretful Literally: give shirt, regret sleeve
Is “Cho áo, tiếc giải” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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