ra đi ngó trước ngó sau, ngó nhà thấy cột, ngó nhau thấy buồn
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Meaning · English
Leave a place with reluctance and nostalgia
Literally: go out, look before, look after, look at home see pillar, look at each other see sadness
Examples
Khi tôi chuẩn bị ra đi ngó trước ngó sau, ngó nhà thấy cột, ngó nhau thấy buồn.When I was about to leave, I felt reluctant and nostalgic
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Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “ra đi ngó trước ngó sau, ngó nhà thấy cột, ngó nhau thấy buồn” mean?
Leave a place with reluctance and nostalgia Literally: go out, look before, look after, look at home see pillar, look at each other see sadness
Is “ra đi ngó trước ngó sau, ngó nhà thấy cột, ngó nhau thấy buồn” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.