há hàm mắc quai nón
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Meaning · English
to laugh and then immediately feel embarrassed
Literally: laugh and get hat strap caught
Examples
Anh ấy vừa há hàm mắc quai nón khi thấy bạn cũHe laughed and then felt embarrassed when he saw his old friend
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 “há hàm mắc quai nón” mean?
to laugh and then immediately feel embarrassed Literally: laugh and get hat strap caught
Is “há hàm mắc quai nón” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.