đội khăn mỏ quạ
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Meaning · English
to mourn or show sadness in a hypocritical way
Literally: wear a crow's headscarf
Examples
Anh ấy đội khăn mỏ quạ khi biết tin về cái chết của người đồng nghiệpHe mourned hypocritically when he heard the news about the death of his colleague
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 “đội khăn mỏ quạ” mean?
to mourn or show sadness in a hypocritical way Literally: wear a crow's headscarf
Is “đội khăn mỏ quạ” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.