ngày ba tháng tám
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Meaning · English
The third day and the eighth month — the hungry gaps between harvests; the lean weeks of the farming year.
Literally: third days, eighth months
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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “ngày ba tháng tám” mean?
The third day and the eighth month — the hungry gaps between harvests; the lean weeks of the farming year. Literally: third days, eighth months
Is “ngày ba tháng tám” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.