quê cha đất tổ

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Meaning · English

Father's homeland, ancestors' earth — the ground that owns you back.

Literally: father's village, forebears' land

Examples

Về quê cha đất tổ ăn Tết.Home for Tết, to the fathers' land.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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 “quê cha đất tổ” mean?

Father's homeland, ancestors' earth — the ground that owns you back. Literally: father's village, forebears' land

Is “quê cha đất tổ” formal or informal?

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