Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

chơn ướt chơn ráo

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Feet still wet, feet barely dry — newly arrived and green to the place.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

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Literally: wet feet, just-dried feet

Examples

Chơn ướt chơn ráo lên thành phố đã bị lừa.Feet barely dry in the city and already swindled.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “chơn ướt chơn ráo” mean?

Feet still wet, feet barely dry — newly arrived and green to the place. Literally: wet feet, just-dried feet

Is “chơn ướt chơn ráo” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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