mặc áo xỏ tay
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Meaning · English
to pretend to be sick or weak
Literally: wear shirt with sleeves pulled up
Examples
Anh ấy mặc áo xỏ tay để trốn tránh việc nhàHe pretended to be sick to avoid doing household chores
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 “mặc áo xỏ tay” mean?
to pretend to be sick or weak Literally: wear shirt with sleeves pulled up
Is “mặc áo xỏ tay” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.