trong như ngọc, trắng như ngà
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Meaning · English
completely pure and innocent
Literally: clear as jade, white as ivory
Examples
Cô ấy trong như ngọc, trắng như ngà, không bao giờ làm điều gì sai trái.She is completely pure and innocent, never doing anything wrong.
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 “trong như ngọc, trắng như ngà” mean?
completely pure and innocent Literally: clear as jade, white as ivory
Is “trong như ngọc, trắng như ngà” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.