nhà vàng gác tía
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Meaning · English
A person with a good appearance but bad character
Literally: gold house, purple roof
Examples
Anh ta đẹp trai nhưng nhà vàng gác tíaHe's handsome but has a bad character
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “nhà vàng gác tía” mean?
A person with a good appearance but bad character Literally: gold house, purple roof
Is “nhà vàng gác tía” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.