Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

ngựa qua cữa sổ

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Meaning · English

A horse glimpsed past the window — time at a gallop; the white colt crossing the crack.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Thời gian trôi nhanh

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Literally: horse passing the window

Examples

Mới Tết đã hết năm, ngựa qua cữa sổ.New Year barely over and the year is gone — a horse past the window.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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 “ngựa qua cữa sổ” mean?

A horse glimpsed past the window — time at a gallop; the white colt crossing the crack. Literally: horse passing the window

Is “ngựa qua cữa sổ” formal or informal?

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

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