còn ăn hết nhịn
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Meaning · English
Endure hardship for a better future
Literally: still eat, bear to swallow
Examples
Tôi sẽ còn ăn hết nhịn để lo cho gia đìnhI will endure hardship to take care of my family
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 “còn ăn hết nhịn” mean?
Endure hardship for a better future Literally: still eat, bear to swallow
Is “còn ăn hết nhịn” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.