Tiếng Việt · Word Attested

chông gai

[t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˧ ɣaːj˧˧] 🎙 Say it

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(noun) difficulty; obstacle

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

khó khăn; chướng ngại vật

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

NounRegister: formal

Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora

Examples

Mặc dù cụm từ "hoà bình thế giới" nghe rất hấp dẫn, con đường đến hoà bình thế giới lại rất dài và lắm chông gai.Although the phrase "world peace" sounds attractive, the road to world peace is very long and full of troubles.

Tatoeba sentence #13860713 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)

Sources & notes

Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); community review pending. source ↗

Common questions

What does “chông gai” mean?

(noun) difficulty; obstacle

Is “chông gai” formal or informal?

chông gai is generally formal.

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