khấn trâu giả lễ bò
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Meaning · English
Pretend to worship one thing but actually worship another
Literally: pray to the water buffalo but make offerings to the cow
Examples
Anh ta khấn trâu giả lễ bò khi nói về vấn đề đóHe was praying to the water buffalo but making offerings to the cow when talking about that issue
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 “khấn trâu giả lễ bò” mean?
Pretend to worship one thing but actually worship another Literally: pray to the water buffalo but make offerings to the cow
Is “khấn trâu giả lễ bò” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.