Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

ốc như huyền khánh

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Meaning · English

A house like a hung chime-stone — four bare walls and the wind; poverty with nothing left to list.

Literally: house like a suspended chime

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 “ốc như huyền khánh” mean?

A house like a hung chime-stone — four bare walls and the wind; poverty with nothing left to list. Literally: house like a suspended chime

Is “ốc như huyền khánh” formal or informal?

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

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