ở chùa đốt chùa
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Meaning · English
To destroy or harm the very place or institution that supports you
Literally: burning the temple where one lives
Examples
Anh ấy đã ở chùa đốt chùa khi phản đối chính sách của công ty mìnhHe burned the temple where he lived when opposing his company's policy
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 “ở chùa đốt chùa” mean?
To destroy or harm the very place or institution that supports you Literally: burning the temple where one lives
Is “ở chùa đốt chùa” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.