tiền lưng gạo bị
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Meaning · English
Suffer losses from both sides
Literally: money on the back, rice is damaged
Examples
Anh ấy vừa mất việc lại vừa bị trộm, thật là tiền lưng gạo bịHe just lost his job and was robbed, he's really suffering losses from both sides
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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 lưng gạo bị” mean?
Suffer losses from both sides Literally: money on the back, rice is damaged
Is “tiền lưng gạo bị” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.