con ngô con khoai
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Meaning · English
Children from a poor family
Literally: corn and sweet potato
Examples
Gia đình tôi quá nghèo, chỉ có thể cho con ăn con ngô con khoaiMy family was too poor, we could only feed our children corn and sweet potatoes
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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 “con ngô con khoai” mean?
Children from a poor family Literally: corn and sweet potato
Is “con ngô con khoai” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.