chưa khảo đã xưng
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Confessing before the rack is brought — blurting out what nobody had yet asked.
Literally: not yet interrogated, already confessed
Examples
Chưa ai hỏi mà nó đã kể hết, đúng là chưa khảo đã xưng.No one had asked and he'd already told all — confession before the questioning.
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Tục 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 “chưa khảo đã xưng” mean?
Confessing before the rack is brought — blurting out what nobody had yet asked. Literally: not yet interrogated, already confessed
Is “chưa khảo đã xưng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.