Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

ngồi mát ăn bát vàng

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Sitting in the shade, eating from a gold bowl — reward without a bead of sweat.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

được thưởng mà không cần cố gắng

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Literally: sit cool, eat the gold bowl

Examples

Con ông cháu cha ngồi mát ăn bát vàng.The well-connected sit in the shade and eat from gold bowls.

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 “ngồi mát ăn bát vàng” mean?

Sitting in the shade, eating from a gold bowl — reward without a bead of sweat. Literally: sit cool, eat the gold bowl

Is “ngồi mát ăn bát vàng” formal or informal?

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

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