sác-sơ tổ đỉa
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
Someone's ancestry is humble or shameful
Literally: ancestor is a snake
Examples
Gia đình tôi không sác-sơ tổ đỉaMy family doesn't have a shameful ancestry
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 “sác-sơ tổ đỉa” mean?
Someone's ancestry is humble or shameful Literally: ancestor is a snake
Is “sác-sơ tổ đỉa” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.