Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

ra ngõ gặp giai

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Meaning · English

Meet a man at the gate — the errand-day omen, read at the first face out the door.

Literally: out the lane, meet a male

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 “ra ngõ gặp giai” mean?

Meet a man at the gate — the errand-day omen, read at the first face out the door. Literally: out the lane, meet a male

Is “ra ngõ gặp giai” formal or informal?

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

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