đồ hàng mã

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Meaning · English

Something worthless or of no value.

Literally: paper goods

Examples

Cô ấy nghĩ anh ấy chỉ là đồ hàng mã sau khi anh ấy bỏ rơi cô.She thought he was worthless after he abandoned her.

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 “đồ hàng mã” mean?

Something worthless or of no value. Literally: paper goods

Is “đồ hàng mã” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.