so tày buộc chặt
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Meaning · English
Completely and utterly defeated
Literally: iron chains tightly bound
Examples
Sau khi thất bại trong kinh doanh, anh ấy cảm thấy so tày buộc chặt.After failing in business, he felt completely and utterly defeated.
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Source gloss (Vietnamese): “Nghĩa là so đo, hơn thua thái quá.” 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 “so tày buộc chặt” mean?
Completely and utterly defeated Literally: iron chains tightly bound
Is “so tày buộc chặt” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.