trông thấy có chăng mắt thánh
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
to be extremely surprised or astonished
Literally: see have or not holy eyes
Examples
Khi nghe tin đó, tôi trông thấy có chăng mắt thánh.When I heard that news, I was extremely surprised.
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 “trông thấy có chăng mắt thánh” mean?
to be extremely surprised or astonished Literally: see have or not holy eyes
Is “trông thấy có chăng mắt thánh” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.