ngăn sông cấm chợ
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Barring the rivers and banning the markets — cutting off the flow of goods between regions.
Literally: block the river, ban the market
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “ngăn sông cấm chợ” mean?
Barring the rivers and banning the markets — cutting off the flow of goods between regions. Literally: block the river, ban the market
Is “ngăn sông cấm chợ” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.