đóng cửa đi ăn mày
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Meaning · English
To abandon one's own work or responsibility to beg or rely on others
Literally: close the door to go beg
Examples
Anh ấy đóng cửa đi ăn mày vì không muốn làm việcHe abandoned his own work to rely on others because he didn't want to work
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 “đóng cửa đi ăn mày” mean?
To abandon one's own work or responsibility to beg or rely on others Literally: close the door to go beg
Is “đóng cửa đi ăn mày” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.