Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

nhất chạng vạng, nhì rạng đông

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Meaning · English

First dusk, second dawn — the two golden windows when fish bite and work on the water pays best; borrowed onshore for any task with a right time of day.

Literally: first twilight, second daybreak

Examples

Dân câu thuộc lòng: nhất chạng vạng, nhì rạng đông.Every angler knows it by heart: dusk first, dawn second.

Editorial example (batch 059)

Sources & notes

Number-idiom class scrape (2026-08-11): violet.vn exercise list + voh.com.vn/song-dep/tuc-ngu-viet-nam-379232.html + vndoc.com roundup. Definition original.

Common questions

What does “nhất chạng vạng, nhì rạng đông” mean?

First dusk, second dawn — the two golden windows when fish bite and work on the water pays best; borrowed onshore for any task with a right time of day. Literally: first twilight, second daybreak

Is “nhất chạng vạng, nhì rạng đông” formal or informal?

nhất chạng vạng, nhì rạng đông is generally neutral.

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