cấm chợ ngăn sông

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Meaning · English

Closing the markets and barring the rivers — strangling trade and movement with blockades and decrees.

Literally: ban the market, block the river
Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “cấm chợ ngăn sông” mean?

Closing the markets and barring the rivers — strangling trade and movement with blockades and decrees. Literally: ban the market, block the river

Is “cấm chợ ngăn sông” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.