mất vải lại phải đi đo
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Meaning · English
to suffer double losses
Literally: lose cloth and have to go measure
Examples
Anh ấy mất việc và mất vải lại phải đi đo nữa.He lost his job and had to go measure for new clothes too.
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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 “mất vải lại phải đi đo” mean?
to suffer double losses Literally: lose cloth and have to go measure
Is “mất vải lại phải đi đo” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.