quần cháo lòng, khăn mảnh bát
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Meaning · English
Being poor and having limited resources
Literally: porridge pants, fragmented bowl cloth
Examples
Gia đình anh ấy quần cháo lòng, khăn mảnh bát sau khi mất việcHis family was poor and had limited resources after he lost his job
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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 “quần cháo lòng, khăn mảnh bát” mean?
Being poor and having limited resources Literally: porridge pants, fragmented bowl cloth
Is “quần cháo lòng, khăn mảnh bát” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.