gái mười bảy bẻ gãy sừng trâu
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Also seen as: con gái mười bảy, bẻ gãy sừng trâu · trai mười bảy bẻ gãy sừng trâu
A girl of seventeen can snap a buffalo’s horn — youth at its peak brims with strength and appetite for the world; said of teenagers (girls especially) at the height of their vigor.
Register: informalEra: traditional – present
Examples
Editorial example (batch 059)
Sources & notes
Number-idiom class scrape (2026-08-11): violet.vn exercise list + voh.com.vn/song-dep/tuc-ngu-viet-nam-379232.html + vndoc.com roundup. Definition original.
Common questions
What does “gái mười bảy bẻ gãy sừng trâu” mean?
A girl of seventeen can snap a buffalo’s horn — youth at its peak brims with strength and appetite for the world; said of teenagers (girls especially) at the height of their vigor. Literally: a seventeen-year-old girl breaks the buffalo’s horn
Is “gái mười bảy bẻ gãy sừng trâu” formal or informal?
gái mười bảy bẻ gãy sừng trâu is generally informal.