trầm ngư lạc nhạn
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Beauty that sinks fish and drops wild geese — loveliness the animals themselves concede.
Literally: sink the fish, ground the goose
Examples
Người đâu mà trầm ngư lạc nhạn.Beauty to sink fish and drop geese from the sky.
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “trầm ngư lạc nhạn” mean?
Beauty that sinks fish and drops wild geese — loveliness the animals themselves concede. Literally: sink the fish, ground the goose
Is “trầm ngư lạc nhạn” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.