thương miệng thương môi
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Meaning · English
Harm comes from one's own words or actions
Literally: love mouth love lips
Examples
Anh ấy luôn cẩn thận khi nói chuyện để tránh thương miệng thương môiHe is always careful when speaking to avoid harm from his own words
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 “thương miệng thương môi” mean?
Harm comes from one's own words or actions Literally: love mouth love lips
Is “thương miệng thương môi” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.