quả xanh gặp nanh sắt
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Meaning · English
An inexperienced person meets a cunning one
Literally: green fruit meets iron teeth
Examples
Anh ta quá ngây thơ, quả xanh gặp nanh sắt khi làm ăn với người đó.He was too naive, it was a case of green fruit meeting iron teeth when doing business with that person.
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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 “quả xanh gặp nanh sắt” mean?
An inexperienced person meets a cunning one Literally: green fruit meets iron teeth
Is “quả xanh gặp nanh sắt” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.