dửng-dưng như bánh-chưng ngày tết
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Indifferent as bánh chưng at Tết — so abundant that no one turns a head; the proverbial cold shoulder.
Literally: unmoved as Tết rice-cake
Examples
Nó dửng dưng như bánh chưng ngày tết.Cool as Tết cake about the whole thing.
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “dửng-dưng như bánh-chưng ngày tết” mean?
Indifferent as bánh chưng at Tết — so abundant that no one turns a head; the proverbial cold shoulder. Literally: unmoved as Tết rice-cake
Is “dửng-dưng như bánh-chưng ngày tết” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.