chuông đeo cổ chó
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Meaning · English
to openly declare one's own guilt
Literally: bell hung on dog's neck
Examples
Anh ấy đã chuông đeo cổ chó khi thú nhận sai lầm trước mọi ngườiHe openly declared his own guilt when he admitted the mistake in front of everyone
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 “chuông đeo cổ chó” mean?
to openly declare one's own guilt Literally: bell hung on dog's neck
Is “chuông đeo cổ chó” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.