Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Mống đông, vồng tây, chẳng mưa dây cũng gió giật

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Meaning · English

Bad weather is coming

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Literally: East cloudy, west rainbow, no rain but strong wind

Examples

Trời hôm nay mống đông, vồng tây, chẳng mưa dây cũng gió giật.Today's sky is cloudy in the east and has a rainbow in the west, it's not raining but very windy.

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Sources & notes

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 2026-08-07; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Mống đông, vồng tây, chẳng mưa dây cũng gió giật” mean?

Bad weather is coming Literally: East cloudy, west rainbow, no rain but strong wind

Is “Mống đông, vồng tây, chẳng mưa dây cũng gió giật” formal or informal?

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