Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

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.

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