Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

đá kêu rêu mọc

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Meaning · English

Till stones cry and moss grows — delay geological in scale.

Literally: rock calls, moss grows

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “đá kêu rêu mọc” mean?

Till stones cry and moss grows — delay geological in scale. Literally: rock calls, moss grows

Is “đá kêu rêu mọc” formal or informal?

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

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