Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Ngất nga ngất ngưởng như xã trưởng ra đình

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Behaving importantly like a village head

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Đửng đỉnh như người đứng đầu làng

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Literally: fainting faintly like a village head going to the communal house

Examples

Anh ta đi dự hội nghị với vẻ ngất nga ngất ngưởng như xã trưởng ra đìnhHe attended the conference with an air of importance like a village head going to the communal house

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Sources & notes

Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-07; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Ngất nga ngất ngưởng như xã trưởng ra đình” mean?

Behaving importantly like a village head Literally: fainting faintly like a village head going to the communal house

Is “Ngất nga ngất ngưởng như xã trưởng ra đình” formal or informal?

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

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