Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

đại mộc lưu giang, bất đắc hồi cố

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Meaning · English

Great timber down the river never returns — the drifted life, past rowing home.

Literally: great wood flows the river, cannot look back

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 “đại mộc lưu giang, bất đắc hồi cố” mean?

Great timber down the river never returns — the drifted life, past rowing home. Literally: great wood flows the river, cannot look back

Is “đại mộc lưu giang, bất đắc hồi cố” formal or informal?

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

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