Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

người mò rận

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Meaning · English

The louse-picker — someone withdrawn from worldly affairs, absorbed in their own small business.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

người chỉ quan tâm đến công việc riêng nhỏ của mình

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Literally: person picking lice

Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “người mò rận” mean?

The louse-picker — someone withdrawn from worldly affairs, absorbed in their own small business. Literally: person picking lice

Is “người mò rận” formal or informal?

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

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