Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

kéo cầy giả nợ

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Pulling the plow to pay the debt — labor mortgaged years ahead.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

làm việc để trả nợ trong nhiều năm

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Literally: drag the plow to repay

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.

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What does “kéo cầy giả nợ” mean?

Pulling the plow to pay the debt — labor mortgaged years ahead. Literally: drag the plow to repay

Is “kéo cầy giả nợ” formal or informal?

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

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