hàng bấc thì qua, hàng quà thì nhớ
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Meaning · English
Ordinary things are soon forgotten, but special ones are remembered
Literally: ordinary goods pass, precious goods recall
Examples
Tôi vẫn nhớ bà ngoại thường nói hàng bấc thì qua, hàng quà thì nhớ khi tôi nhận được món quà từ cô ấyI still remember my grandmother saying ordinary things are soon forgotten, but special ones are remembered when I received a gift from her
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Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “hàng bấc thì qua, hàng quà thì nhớ” mean?
Ordinary things are soon forgotten, but special ones are remembered Literally: ordinary goods pass, precious goods recall
Is “hàng bấc thì qua, hàng quà thì nhớ” formal or informal?
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