Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

thập diện mai phục

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Ambush on ten sides — surrounded so completely that every direction is the trap.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Bị bao vây hoàn toàn

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Literally: ten-faced ambush

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Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “thập diện mai phục” mean?

Ambush on ten sides — surrounded so completely that every direction is the trap. Literally: ten-faced ambush

Is “thập diện mai phục” formal or informal?

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

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