Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Đi buôn gặp nạn hồng thuỷ, làm đã gặp năm vắng khách

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Meaning · English

Face difficulties in business due to bad timing

Literally: doing business meets red water disaster, working meets a year without guests

Examples

Anh ấy mở cửa hàng vào đúng thời điểm khủng hoảng kinh tế, thật là đi buôn gặp nạn hồng thuỷ, làm đã gặp năm vắng khách.He opened the store right during the economic crisis, it's really doing business meeting disaster, working in a year without customers.

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Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-08; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Đi buôn gặp nạn hồng thuỷ, làm đã gặp năm vắng khách” mean?

Face difficulties in business due to bad timing Literally: doing business meets red water disaster, working meets a year without guests

Is “Đi buôn gặp nạn hồng thuỷ, làm đã gặp năm vắng khách” formal or informal?

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