+1 máy
"Count me in" / "same here" — appended to a post to report that you, too, are in exactly that situation: one more device checking in.
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1 Jack
One Jack — five million đồng: the meme currency unit minted from a celebrity child-support scandal.
8386
A lucky number string wishing wealth and fortune — read digit by digit as "phát tài phát lộc" (8 = phát, prosper; 3 = tài, wealth; 6 = lộc, fortune), used in usernames, prices, and well-wishes.
A Di Đà Phật
clipping of Nam mô A Di Đà Phật
a đốn a đa
Wailing to heaven and back — crying fit to raise the neighborhood.
ai bảo
Used to explain and blame someone for a bad thing that happened to them.
ai chết trước thì được mồ mả
Who dies first gets the burial plot — first come, first served, even at the graveyard.
ai hầu chi ai
Nobody owes anybody their service — said when neither side is willing to wait on the other.
ai khảo mà xưng
to disclose something (especially secrets) unprompted
ai làm dữ nấy lo
Who does the harm carries the dread — the wrongdoer's own conscience does the punishing.
ai làm nấy chịu
Who does it, answers for it — each bears the consequences of their own deed.
ai mượn
Used to blame someone for doing something that should not have been done.
ai nỡ cắt dây chị dây em
Who could bear to cut the vine binding sisters — kinship's tie, too tender for any blade.
ai về Hà Tĩnh thì về, mặc lụa chợ Hạ, uống chè hương sen
Come back to Hà Tĩnh: wear the silk of Hạ market, drink lotus-scented tea — the province's own invitation.
ai về tôi gửi buồng cau, buồng trước kính mẹ, buồng sau kính thầy
Homeward I send a stalk of areca — the front bunch to honor mother, the rear to honor teacher — piety in a parcel.
ai đưa con sáo sang sông, để cho con sáo sổ lồng bay ra
Who ferried the starling across the river, letting it slip its cage and fly — a lament for love freed into another's keeping.
ai đầy nồi nấy
Each fills their own pot — portions are personal; who cooks, eats.
ai đời
Used to emphasize something considered contrary to the natural order or common sense: by no means
ai ơi bưng bát cơm đầy, dẻo thơm một hạt, đắng cay muôn phần
Lift your full rice bowl and remember: each fragrant grain cost someone a world of bitterness — gratitude for the farmer in every mouthful.
ai ơi chớ vội cười nhau Cây nào mà chẳng có sâu chạm cành
Don't rush to laugh at each other — what tree hasn't a borer gnawing some branch — every trunk has its worm.
ai ơi chớ vội cười nhau Cười người hôm trước, hôm sau người cười
Don't rush to laugh — laughed at today, laughing they'll be at you tomorrow — ridicule's short lease.
ai ơi chớ vội cười nhau Gẫm mình cho kĩ trước sau hãy cười
Don't rush to laugh at each other — examine yourself first and back, then laugh — mockery owed a mirror first.
ai ơi đừng bỏ ruộng hoang Bao nhiêu tấc đất, tấc vàng bấy nhiêu Rủ nhau đi cấy đi cày, bây giờ khó nhọc, có ngày phong lưu. Trên đồng cạn, dưới đồng sâu, chồng cày vợ cấy, con trâu đi bừa
Leave no field fallow, friend — every inch of soil is an inch of gold.
am thanh cảnh vắng
the tranquil and desolate scenery in Buddhist temples
an bần lạc đạo
to be contented with living in poverty and take delight in abiding by moral principles
an bộ khả dĩ đương xa
A steady walk can stand in for the carriage — going patiently on foot arrives as surely as riding.
an cư lạc nghiệp
to live in peace and work happily
an cư lự nguy
Settled in peace, budget for peril — comfort is the time to stock against the storm.
an dân bảo quốc
Calm the people, secure the state — governance's first duty.
an giấc nghìn thu
synonym of yên giấc nghìn thu
an giấc ngàn thu
synonym of yên giấc nghìn thu
an khang thịnh vượng
Wish you security, good health and prosperity. (a common wish for Tết)
an ngay nói thật
Short breaths and long sighs — worry doing all the talking.
an phận thủ thường
to be contend with current situation; to resign oneself to mediocrity; to stop striving for greatness
an toàn là trên hết
safety first
anh chột làm vua xứ mù
a mediocre person without any special qualities who stands out only because they are surrounded by people worse than them; in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
anh em cây khế
someone who badmouths or even goes out of their way to harm their siblings or friends who has a brotherly bond with them
anh em cọc chèo
men whose wives are biological sisters in the same family
anh em như thể tay chân Rách lành đùm bọc dở hay đỡ đần
Siblings are as hands and feet — torn or whole, wrap each other; failing or able, hold each other up — the defining verse of brotherhood.
anh em nào phải người xa, cùng chung bác mẹ, một nhà cùng thân. Yêu nhau như thể tay chân, anh em hòa thuận, hai thân vui vầy
Siblings are no strangers: one father, one mother, one flesh — love each other as hands love feet — the classic verse of brotherly duty.
anh em thúc bá
cousins from the paternal side (uncle's and father's side)
anh hùng cứu mỹ nhân
A hero rescues the beauty — the classic damsel-in-distress trope, often said teasingly of a man helping a pretty woman.
anh hùng hào kiệt
a person with talent, courage, and outstanding acts, a hero
anh hùng khó qua ải mĩ nhân
even the strongest warrior can be seduced by a beautiful woman
anh hùng không có đất dụng võ
a skilled person with no opportunity to use their talents
anh hùng là anh hùng rơm, ta cho mồi lửa hết cơn anh hùng
A straw hero — put a match to him and the heroics burn off in one flare.
anh hùng mạt lộ
a talented person with big ambitions, stuck in a hopeless situation and unable to escape
anh hùng nghĩa hiệp
a selfless person, willing to risk their life to help others
anh hùng nhất khoảnh
a person who sees themselves as the most talented and powerful in their field or area, untouchable by anyone
anh hùng tương ngộ
heroes or talented people encountering each other
anh iu
Texting-cute spelling of “anh yêu” — darling (to a man), keyboard-softened.
anh về em nắm cổ tay, em dặn câu này anh chớ có quên. Đôi ta đã trót lời nguyền, chớ xa xôi mặt mà quên mảng lòng
Homeward bound, I hold your wrist and say: we are sworn now — let distance dim no face nor forget this heart.
anh về học lấy chữ hương, chín trăng em đợi, mười thu em chờ
Go master your letters, love — nine moons I'll wait, ten autumns I'll stay — the sweetheart's pledge to the studying beloved.
anh yêu em
I love you (man to woman)
anh đi anh nhớ quê nhà, nhớ canh rau muống, nhớ cà dầm tương. Nhớ ai dãi nắng dầm sương, nhớ ai tát nước bên đường hôm nao
Away, I miss my village home — the water-spinach soup, the eggplant in fermented sauce, the one sun-baked and dew-soaked, bailing water by the road — homesickness itemized in humble things.
anh-hùng gặp phúc
The hero meets his fortune — valor finally paid in luck.
ao cá lửa thành
When the citadel burns, the fish-pond suffers — disaster spills onto bystanders.
ao có bờ, sông có bến
Ponds have banks, rivers have landings — everything orderly keeps its bounds.
ao cả nước sâu
A great pond runs deep — a heart or mind with more beneath than shows.
ao sâu cá cả
Deep ponds grow big fish — great talent needs deep water to grow in.