tiền có ít thịt muốn nhiều
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Meaning · English
Having limited resources but wanting more than one can afford
Literally: little money, much meat
Examples
Anh ấy muốn mua xe hơi nhưng tiền có ít thịt muốn nhiềuHe wants to buy a car but has limited money and high expectations
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 “tiền có ít thịt muốn nhiều” mean?
Having limited resources but wanting more than one can afford Literally: little money, much meat
Is “tiền có ít thịt muốn nhiều” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.