tiền cờ-bạc để ngoài sân, tiền phù-vân để ngoài ngõ
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Meaning · English
Spend money lavishly outside the home
Literally: gambling money left outside the yard, windy money left outside the alley
Examples
Anh ấy tiền cờ-bạc để ngoài sân, tiền phù-vân để ngoài ngõ nên giờ hết tiềnHe spent money lavishly outside the home, so now he's out of money
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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 “tiền cờ-bạc để ngoài sân, tiền phù-vân để ngoài ngõ” mean?
Spend money lavishly outside the home Literally: gambling money left outside the yard, windy money left outside the alley
Is “tiền cờ-bạc để ngoài sân, tiền phù-vân để ngoài ngõ” formal or informal?
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