xôi thịt
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Also seen as: chủ nghĩa xôi thịt
(figurative, disapproving) a feast-chaser or philistine — someone whose horizons end at the banquet table: greedy for material perks, indifferent to culture or principle. From the sticky rice and meat of village feasts; "chủ nghĩa xôi thịt" (xôi-thịt-ism) names the whole self-serving mindset.
Người chỉ quan tâm đến lợi ích vật chất, thờ ơ với văn hóa hoặc nguyên tắc
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
⚠ Register: derogatory
Examples
Editorial example (batch 050)
Sources & notes
User-reported gap (2026-08-05); definition written editorially. The village-feast image: officials who show up for the xôi and thịt. Common in the fixed phrase "chủ nghĩa xôi thịt" (philistinism, pork-barrel self-interest).
Common questions
What does “xôi thịt” mean?
(figurative, disapproving) a feast-chaser or philistine — someone whose horizons end at the banquet table: greedy for material perks, indifferent to culture or principle. From the sticky rice and meat of village feasts; "chủ nghĩa xôi thịt" (xôi-thịt-ism) names the whole self-serving mindset. Literally: sticky rice and meat
Is “xôi thịt” formal or informal?
xôi thịt is generally derogatory.