Tiếng Việt idioms & proverbs (26 entries)

chs

Texting shortcut for “chả hiểu sao” — no idea why / somehow.

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chuyện nhỏ như con thỏ

“No big deal” — a trivially easy matter, with a rabbit rhyme for flavor.

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chán như con gián

Bored out of your mind — the rhyme (chán/gián) does the comedy.

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cháy tài khoản

A burned account — losses (usually on margin) deep enough to effectively wipe the balance; also any gaming or betting account run to zero.

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chạy mất dép

To flee in such a panic that you leave your sandals behind — to run for it, comically fast.

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chấm hỏi

A spoken "?" — flat, one-beat bafflement borrowed from typing culture: the message made zero sense and here is your punctuation to prove it.

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chằm Zn

Depressed/„so done” — nerd-humor spelling: Zn is zinc (kẽm), so “chằm kẽm” ≈ “trầm cảm”.

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chị đẹp

"Pretty big sister" — the affectionate title for a glamorous, capable older woman the internet collectively admires.

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chốt luôn

"Locked in!" — decision finalized on the spot; the verbal gavel of group chats planning anything.

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chốt lời

To lock in profit — sell and make the paper gain real; the only known cure for counting crabs still in their holes («đếm cua trong lỗ»).

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chốt đơn

To close the order — livestream-commerce Vietnamese for committing to buy; sellers chant it, buyers comment it, wallets fear it.

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clgt

initialism of cái lồn gì thế? (“the fuck is/was that?”): WTF

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con nhà người ta

The mythical "other family's kid" — the flawless child every Vietnamese parent compares you against: better grades, better manners, better everything.

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content bẩn

"Dirty content" — media built on staged outrage, humiliation, or fakery to farm engagement; the internet's junk food nobody defends.

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content rác

Garbage content — low-effort, zero-value posts churned out to fill feeds; quantity with the quality removed.

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câu like

Fishing for likes — engineering posts around emotional bait or cheap hooks purely to farm reactions.

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câu view

Chasing views with bait — shock thumbnails, misleading titles, manufactured stunts; reach first, truth later.

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còn hàng không

"Is it still in stock?" — the first comment under every online shop post; "còn" carries the whole question.

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có ship không

"Do you deliver?" — borrowed "ship" is now core Vietnamese commerce; the answer decides everything.

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Dog food, figuratively — the couple sweetness that single onlookers get force-fed when lovers flaunt their romance; you «ăn» (eat) it whether you ordered it or not. Borrowed from Chinese internet slang.

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cưng xỉu

Cute enough to faint over — "cưng" (precious) plus the fainting booster; standard-issue caption under puppy and baby content.

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cười xỉu

Laughing to the point of fainting — the compact, comment-ready hyperbole; part of the productive Gen-Z "X + xỉu" (faint) family.

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cẩu lương

“Dog food” — public displays of affection force-fed to the single people watching.

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cắt lỗ

To cut the loss — sell a losing position to stop the bleeding; the discipline everyone preaches and nobody enjoys.

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cực phẩm

A "supreme specimen" — playful praise crowning someone or something as top-shelf: the finest example the category has to offer.

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content xịn

Premium content — the genuinely crafted stuff: researched, well-shot, worth the watch time it asks for.

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Tiếng Việt · Online slang 26

chs

chuyện nhỏ như con thỏ

chán như con gián

cháy tài khoản

chạy mất dép

chấm hỏi

chằm Zn

chị đẹp

chốt luôn

chốt lời

chốt đơn

clgt

con nhà người ta

content bẩn

content rác

câu like

câu view

còn hàng không

có ship không

cơm chó

cưng xỉu

cười xỉu

cẩu lương

cắt lỗ

cực phẩm

content xịn