nước chảy bèo trôi
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Water flows, duckweed drifts — letting things slide wherever they will.
Literally: water runs, water-fern floats
Examples
Chuyện công ty cứ nước chảy bèo trôi thế mãi sao?Is the company just going to drift like duckweed downstream?
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
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 “nước chảy bèo trôi” mean?
Water flows, duckweed drifts — letting things slide wherever they will. Literally: water runs, water-fern floats
Is “nước chảy bèo trôi” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.