thợ sơn bôi-bác, thợ bạc lọc-lừa
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Meaning · English
Each profession has its own tricks to cheat customers
Literally: painter smears, silversmith filters
Examples
Cậu ấy mua vàng bị thợ bạc lọc-lừa nên mất tiền oanHe bought gold and was cheated by the silversmith, so he lost money unfairly
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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 “thợ sơn bôi-bác, thợ bạc lọc-lừa” mean?
Each profession has its own tricks to cheat customers Literally: painter smears, silversmith filters
Is “thợ sơn bôi-bác, thợ bạc lọc-lừa” formal or informal?
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