Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

giả chết bắt quạ

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Meaning · English

Playing dead to catch the crow — the trap baited with one's own corpse.

Literally: feign death to seize the crow

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 “giả chết bắt quạ” mean?

Playing dead to catch the crow — the trap baited with one's own corpse. Literally: feign death to seize the crow

Is “giả chết bắt quạ” formal or informal?

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

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