Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

nắng lửa mưa dầu

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Meaning · English

Fire-hot sun and oil-thick rain — weather, or fortune, at its most punishing.

Literally: sun of fire, rain of oil

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “nắng lửa mưa dầu” mean?

Fire-hot sun and oil-thick rain — weather, or fortune, at its most punishing. Literally: sun of fire, rain of oil

Is “nắng lửa mưa dầu” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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