世外桃源
shì wài táo yuán
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
An idyllic place cut off from the troubles of the outside world; a hidden paradise. Used to praise a quiet, unspoilt spot, or for an imagined refuge from real life.
Suối hoa đào ở ngoài cõi đời: một nơi yên bình, tươi đẹp, tách khỏi những xô bồ của thế gian. Dùng để khen một chốn thanh tĩnh, hoặc chỉ nơi lánh đời trong mơ ước.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 源 = nguyên · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “thế ngoại đào nguyên” (the-ngoai-dao-nguyen). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
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Common questions
What does “世外桃源” mean?
An idyllic place cut off from the troubles of the outside world; a hidden paradise. Used to praise a quiet, unspoilt spot, or for an imagined refuge from real life. Literally: a peach spring outside the world
Is “世外桃源” formal or informal?
世外桃源 is generally neutral.