Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

nghe hơi nồi chõ

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Meaning · English

Sniffing the steamer from outside — knowledge claimed from the smell of other people's cooking.

Literally: catch the aroma of the rice-steamer

Examples

Toàn nghe hơi nồi chõ rồi kể lại.All his news is sniffed off someone else's steamer.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “nghe hơi nồi chõ” mean?

Sniffing the steamer from outside — knowledge claimed from the smell of other people's cooking. Literally: catch the aroma of the rice-steamer

Is “nghe hơi nồi chõ” formal or informal?

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

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