How do you say “once in a blue moon” in Vietnamese?

“Once in a blue moon” in Vietnamese is năm thì mười hoạ (very rarely).

Vietnamese words for “once in a blue moon”

• năm thì mười hoạListenadverb
  Hanoi [nam˧˧ tʰi˨˩ mɨəj˨˩ hwaː˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [nam˧˧ tʰɪj˨˩ mɨj˨˩ waː˨˩˨]năm level thì falling mười falling hoạ heavy

  very rarely; once in a blue moon

  for “once in a blue moon” meaning: Very rarely; very infrequently.

Related Vietnamese words

• ít khiListenadverb

  seldom; rarely

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.