uống trè tầu, ngồi trường kỷ
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Meaning · English
to enjoy wealth and comfort without having worked for it
Literally: drink foreign tea, sit on a long chair
Examples
Anh ấy uống trè tầu, ngồi trường kỷ nhờ thừa kế tài sản của gia đìnhHe enjoys wealth and comfort without having worked for it thanks to inheriting family property
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 “uống trè tầu, ngồi trường kỷ” mean?
to enjoy wealth and comfort without having worked for it Literally: drink foreign tea, sit on a long chair
Is “uống trè tầu, ngồi trường kỷ” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.