đứng ngoài chịu mất áo dài thâm
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Meaning · English
To suffer losses for being uninvolved
Literally: stand outside suffer lose long dress
Examples
Anh ấy đứng ngoài chịu mất áo dài thâm khi công ty bị phá sảnHe suffered losses when the company went bankrupt because he was uninvolved
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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 “đứng ngoài chịu mất áo dài thâm” mean?
To suffer losses for being uninvolved Literally: stand outside suffer lose long dress
Is “đứng ngoài chịu mất áo dài thâm” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.