Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Trong nhà chưa tỏ, ngoài ngõ đã thông

🎙 Say it

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

A secret is revealed to outsiders before being shared with those closest

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Bí mật được tiết lộ cho người ngoài trước khi chia sẻ với những người thân cận

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: Inside the house not yet clear, outside the alley already informed

Examples

Bà nội nói rằng trong nhà chưa tỏ, ngoài ngõ đã thông, nên chúng ta cần cẩn thận hơnMy grandmother said that within the house it's not yet clear, but outside the alley it's already been informed, so we need to be more careful

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

Sources & notes

Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-08; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Trong nhà chưa tỏ, ngoài ngõ đã thông” mean?

A secret is revealed to outsiders before being shared with those closest Literally: Inside the house not yet clear, outside the alley already informed

Is “Trong nhà chưa tỏ, ngoài ngõ đã thông” formal or informal?

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

👁 Views 0 today 0 past 7 days 0 this month 0 all time