gié chân trèo
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Meaning · English
To take a step back and reassess a situation
Literally: lift foot to climb
Examples
Anh ấy gié chân trèo khi thấy công việc quá khóHe took a step back when he saw the job was too hard
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 “gié chân trèo” mean?
To take a step back and reassess a situation Literally: lift foot to climb
Is “gié chân trèo” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.