tối đâu là nhà, ngã đâu là giường
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Meaning · English
Dark falls — that's home; where you stumble — that's the bed — the drifter's whole real estate.
Literally: wherever dark: house; wherever fallen: bed
Examples
Đời lang bạt, tối đâu là nhà ngã đâu là giường.A vagabond life — dark is home, the stumble is bed.
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 “tối đâu là nhà, ngã đâu là giường” mean?
Dark falls — that's home; where you stumble — that's the bed — the drifter's whole real estate. Literally: wherever dark: house; wherever fallen: bed
Is “tối đâu là nhà, ngã đâu là giường” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.