Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

chỉ sông sông cạn, chỉ núi núi tan

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Meaning · English

Point at the river, it drains; at the mountain, it crumbles — the lover's oath at maximum wattage.

Literally: point at the river: it dries; at the peak: it collapses

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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “chỉ sông sông cạn, chỉ núi núi tan” mean?

Point at the river, it drains; at the mountain, it crumbles — the lover's oath at maximum wattage. Literally: point at the river: it dries; at the peak: it collapses

Is “chỉ sông sông cạn, chỉ núi núi tan” formal or informal?

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