Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

tan cửa nát nhà

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Meaning · English

Gate shattered, house crushed — ruin completed at the architectural level.

Literally: door dissolved, house crumbled

Examples

Cờ bạc làm tan cửa nát nhà.Gambling smashed gate and house alike.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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 “tan cửa nát nhà” mean?

Gate shattered, house crushed — ruin completed at the architectural level. Literally: door dissolved, house crumbled

Is “tan cửa nát nhà” formal or informal?

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

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