hết của nhà ra của người
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Meaning · English
When one's own resources are depleted, one has to rely on others
Literally: exhausted one's property to others' property
Examples
Gia đình tôi đã hết của nhà ra của người khi mất việcMy family had to rely on others when we lost our job
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 “hết của nhà ra của người” mean?
When one's own resources are depleted, one has to rely on others Literally: exhausted one's property to others' property
Is “hết của nhà ra của người” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.