chó chạy đường quai
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Meaning · English
Someone is running around in circles
Literally: dog runs curved road
Examples
Anh ấy chạy quanh quán mà không tìm thấy lối ra, thật là chó chạy đường quai.He ran around the restaurant but couldn't find the exit, what a dog running in circles.
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 “chó chạy đường quai” mean?
Someone is running around in circles Literally: dog runs curved road
Is “chó chạy đường quai” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.