làm săng chết bó chiếu
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Meaning · English
Work extremely hard but still be poor
Literally: weave a mat to death, sell a bed sheet
Examples
Ông ấy làm săng chết bó chiếu mà vẫn không đủ tiền trả nợHe works extremely hard but still doesn't have enough money to pay his debts
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 “làm săng chết bó chiếu” mean?
Work extremely hard but still be poor Literally: weave a mat to death, sell a bed sheet
Is “làm săng chết bó chiếu” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.