lưng đen khố cao
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Meaning · English
Someone who appears poor but is actually wealthy
Literally: black back, high waistband
Examples
Ông ấy lưng đen khố cao, vừa mua nhà mớiHe appears poor but just bought a new house
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 “lưng đen khố cao” mean?
Someone who appears poor but is actually wealthy Literally: black back, high waistband
Is “lưng đen khố cao” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.