gái mười bảy bẻ gãy sừng trâu

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Also seen as: con gái mười bảy, bẻ gãy sừng trâu · trai mười bảy bẻ gãy sừng trâu

Meaning · English

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

Register: informalEra: traditional – present

Examples

Con bé vác hai bao gạo chạy băng băng — đúng là gái mười bảy bẻ gãy sừng trâu.She jogged past carrying two sacks of rice — seventeen and snapping buffalo horns.

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.

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