thượng lộ bình an, nằm ngang giữa đường
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Meaning · English
To die on the road or away from home
Literally: safe on the upper road, lying down in the middle of the road
Where it’s used:
Used
Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora
Examples
Ông ấy Thượng lộ bình an trên đường về quê.He died on the road back to his hometown.
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Listed on Vietnamese Wikiquote “Thành ngữ Việt Nam” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “thượng lộ bình an, nằm ngang giữa đường” mean?
To die on the road or away from home Literally: safe on the upper road, lying down in the middle of the road
Is “thượng lộ bình an, nằm ngang giữa đường” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.