to tầy đình

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Meaning · English

Completely lost or confused

Literally: lose the way to the court

Examples

Tôi đi lạc trong rừng và bây giờ thì to tầy đình.I got lost in the forest and now I'm completely lost.

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

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 drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “to tầy đình” mean?

Completely lost or confused Literally: lose the way to the court

Is “to tầy đình” formal or informal?

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