Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

nuôi cáo chuồng gà

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Meaning · English

Keeping a fox in the hen-coop — sheltering the one who will devour you.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Che chở cho người sẽ gây hại cho mình

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Literally: raise a fox in the chicken run

Examples

Giao sổ sách cho hắn khác nào nuôi cáo chuồng gà.Handing him the books is keeping a fox in the hen-coop.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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 “nuôi cáo chuồng gà” mean?

Keeping a fox in the hen-coop — sheltering the one who will devour you. Literally: raise a fox in the chicken run

Is “nuôi cáo chuồng gà” formal or informal?

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

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