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sập nguồn

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Meaning · English

Powered off like a dead phone — a human shutting down from exhaustion: face-first into bed, unreachable till morning.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Tình trạng kiệt sức, không thể tiếp xúc cho đến sáng

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Literally: power collapse

Examples

Chạy sự kiện ba ngày liền, về tới nhà là sập nguồn tới trưa.Three straight days running the event — got home and powered off till noon.

Editorial example (batch 046)

Sources & notes

Discovered via slangviet.com (headword reference only; definition and example written independently for Idiomer). Retrieved 2026-08-05. Reference page: slangviet.com/phrases/sap-nguon.

Topics: Gen Z slang

Common questions

What does “sập nguồn” mean?

Powered off like a dead phone — a human shutting down from exhaustion: face-first into bed, unreachable till morning. Literally: power collapse

Is “sập nguồn” formal or informal?

sập nguồn is generally informal.

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