Sẩy quang đứt đòn gánh giữa đàng
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Meaning · English
To abandon or give up on something halfway through
Literally: Drop the pole and break the carrying rod in the middle of the road
Examples
Anh ấy sẩy quang đứt đòn gánh giữa đàng khi mới vừa bắt đầu dự ánHe gave up on the project when he had just started
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-07; pending editor spot-check.
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Common questions
What does “Sẩy quang đứt đòn gánh giữa đàng” mean?
To abandon or give up on something halfway through Literally: Drop the pole and break the carrying rod in the middle of the road
Is “Sẩy quang đứt đòn gánh giữa đàng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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