lộn mề gà

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Meaning · English

Turned inside-out like a gizzard — the torturer's art of beating a prisoner hollow; brutal colonial-era torture.

Literally: turning the chicken gizzard
Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “lộn mề gà” mean?

Turned inside-out like a gizzard — the torturer's art of beating a prisoner hollow; brutal colonial-era torture. Literally: turning the chicken gizzard

Is “lộn mề gà” formal or informal?

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