da nọ ấp da kia
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Meaning · English
To help one person and harm another
Literally: press this skin, squeeze that skin
Examples
Ông ấy làm việc da nọ ấp da kia, gây mất đoàn kết trong công tyHe worked in a way that helped one person and harmed another, causing discord in the company
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 “da nọ ấp da kia” mean?
To help one person and harm another Literally: press this skin, squeeze that skin
Is “da nọ ấp da kia” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.