sấm bên đông động bên tây
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Meaning · English
Trouble in one place leads to trouble elsewhere
Literally: thunder in the east, movement in the west
Examples
Sấm bên đông động bên tây, công ty mẹ bị ảnh hưởng khi công ty con gặp vấn đề.Trouble in one place leads to trouble elsewhere, the parent company was affected when the subsidiary faced issues.
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 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 “sấm bên đông động bên tây” mean?
Trouble in one place leads to trouble elsewhere Literally: thunder in the east, movement in the west
Is “sấm bên đông động bên tây” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.