chê

Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

verb
To make little of, to run down
Nói chín thì làm nên mười Nói mười làm chín, kẻ cười người chê For nine things promised, one should do ten; If for ten things promised, one does only nine, one will be made little of and sneered at
lợn chê cám the pig cared little for bran soup (because of some illness)
chê ỏng chê eo to be overparticular about details of a thing to choose; to pick and choose!vụng múa chê đất lệch
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	[chê]
		to make light of something; to slight; to despise; to contemn
		to refuse
			Chê cơm
			To refuse to eat (because of illness)
		to give up
			(Bệnh tình của ) anh ta bị bác sĩ chê
			The doctor considers his case hopeless; The doctor gives him up
			Thịt này đã bị chê
			This meat has been condemned
		Chê ỏng chê eo
			To be fastidious/ too nice/too particular about something; to heap criticisms upon something