tượng lo lọ tương
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Meaning · English
Things are not as they seem
Literally: hollow inside, different outside
Examples
Anh ấy là tượng lo lọ tương, luôn mỉm cười nhưng lòng đầy giận dữHe is a hypocrite, always smiling but full of anger inside
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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 “tượng lo lọ tương” mean?
Things are not as they seem Literally: hollow inside, different outside
Is “tượng lo lọ tương” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.