mua mà cả, trả thêm bớt
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Meaning · English
Haggle the price down, then the extras up — the twin liturgy of a proper market purchase.
Literally: buy with bargaining, pay with adding and docking
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “mua mà cả, trả thêm bớt” mean?
Haggle the price down, then the extras up — the twin liturgy of a proper market purchase. Literally: buy with bargaining, pay with adding and docking
Is “mua mà cả, trả thêm bớt” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.