kiếp chết, kiếp hết

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Meaning · English

Completely finished or exhausted

Literally: life dies, life ends

Examples

Công ty đã phá sản, kiếp chết, kiếp hết.The company has gone bankrupt, it's completely finished.

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Source gloss (Vietnamese): “Có câu rằng : Tử giả biệt luận .” 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 “kiếp chết, kiếp hết” mean?

Completely finished or exhausted Literally: life dies, life ends

Is “kiếp chết, kiếp hết” formal or informal?

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