quân tử viện bào trù
The gentleman keeps clear of the kitchen — great matters upstairs, no accounting of morsels below.
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quân tử ưu đạo bất ưu bần
The gentleman worries over the way, not over want — poverty of purse never troubled him, poverty of principle does.
quân tử ứ hự thì đau
A cleared throat wounds the gentleman — to the honorable, the gentlest reproach lands like a blow.
quân vô hí ngôn
A monarch should not say anything in jest
quân-tử phòng thân
The gentleman guards his person — prudence as a nobleman's first weapon.
quét nhà ra rác
Sweep the house and rubbish appears — inspect anything closely enough and faults surface.
quê cha đất tổ
Father's homeland, ancestors' earth — the ground that owns you back.
quí tinh bất quí đa
Prize the refined, not the numerous — an army, or anything, measured in quality over count.
quí vật tìm quí nhơn
Precious things seek precious owners — treasures circulate toward whoever can afford their keeping.
quýt làm cam chịu
having to bear the blame for something one did not do
quýt ngọt chanh chua
Sweet tangerine and sour lime — each nature keeps its flavor; households mix both.
quạ mượn lông công
The crow borrowing peacock feathers — dressing in others' finery to hide what one is.
quạ mổ diều tha
Pecked by crows, snatched by kites — misfortune queuing up for the same victim.
quạ quạ nuôi con tu hú
The crow raising the koel's chick — labor donated to a squatter; the lazy bird's egg hatched by another's warmth.
quạ đội lốt công
A crow in peacock's guise — borrowed splendor over a shabby core.
quả bom tình dục
A sex bomb — smoldering physical magnetism.
quả dục bảo thân
Sparing desire preserves the body — the old physician's ledger of appetite against years.
quả hòa vô thân
Scant harmony, scant friends — the prickly keep an empty visiting-book.
quả kiếp nhân duyên
Karma's fruit and fated bonds — good matches and bad lots alike are cause ripened into effect.
quất ngựa truy phong
Whipping the horse to chase the wind — bolting from a lover without a backward glance.
quần cộc chân chì, không Tứ Kỳ thì cũng Gia Lộc
Short trousers and lead-dark shins — if not Tứ Kỳ, then Gia Lộc — the teasing uniform of the mud-field districts.
quần nghị phụ chiên
Ants swarming rank meat — the stampede toward anything that smells of profit.
quần ngư tranh thực
A shoal of fish fighting for the feed — a free-for-all over the same scrap.
quần tam tụ ngũ
Clustering in threes, knotting in fives — little knots of people gathering to gossip or scheme.
quỉ khốc thần sầu
Ghosts weep and spirits mourn — writing so fine the supernatural grieves; or wickedness so great it appalls them.
quốc dĩ dân vi bổn
The nation takes the people as its root — no populace, no state; the base firm, the country calm.
quốc kêu mùa hè
The moorhen calls all summer — persistence itself, in one bird's throat.
quốc kế dân sinh
State planning and the people's livelihood — the great matters of nation and daily bread.
quỷ khốc thần sầu
Ghosts weep and spirits grieve — dreadful enough to appall the supernatural.
quỷ nhập tràng
A corpse possessed at the shrouding — the dead rising deranged; someone acting past all belief.
quỷ tha ma bắt
goddamn; curse; screw
Qua chợ còn tiền, vô duyên càng khỏi mòn má
Having many relationships can prevent one from being worn out
Qua chợ còn tiền, vô duyên càng khỏi nhăn má
Being rejected or unsuccessful is not a big deal if one still has other opportunities or resources
Qua chợ còn tiền, vô duyên càng khỏi nhẵn má
Having a relationship can lead to financial loss
Qua chợ còn tiền, vô duyên khỏi nhẵn má
Even if you have money, you can't buy luck or love
Qua cơn bĩ cực tới tuần thái lai
After hardship comes happiness
Qua cơn gió cả mới biết cây cứng mềm
Only after experiencing difficulties can one know someone's true character
Qua cơn sóng gió mới biết cây cứng mềm
Only after experiencing difficulties can one know who is truly strong or weak
qua cầu cất dịp
to take advantage of an opportunity
Qua cầu cất nhịp
to forget past favors
Qua cầu ngả nón trông cầu
Cross the bridge and then look back at it
Qua cầu nào biết cầu ấy
Only experience teaches what something is like
Qua cầu thoát nạn
To escape a difficult situation
qua cầu đã vội cất dịp
Don't burn bridges after crossing them
Qua ghềnh Lời gửi nhời cha mẹ
Be grateful to parents
Qua giêng hết năm, qua rằm hết tháng
Vietnamese proverb; English definition pending editorial review.
Qua hát Tiếu, ngã chiếu mà nằm
To be penniless and homeless
Qua hát Tiếu, ngả chiếu mà nằm
Be a guest and behave properly
qua khỏi truông voi tro bòi cho khái
After overcoming a big challenge, a smaller one seems easy
Qua khỏi truông voi trỏ bòi cho khái
After overcoming a big challenge, a smaller one seems insignificant
Qua làng Chớp nghe tiếng sấm, tới làng Gió gặp trời mưa
Encounter unexpected troubles at every turn
qua lửa than
to experience hardships or difficulties
Qua mùi mới biết thân
Only through difficulties can one know who their true friends are
Qua mộ ông Sáo phường nói láo im hơi
Silence when the truth is known
Qua ngày đến tối
To pass the whole day
Qua ngọ mùi mới biết thân
Appreciate someone's value when they're gone
qua rào vỗ vế
To flatter someone to achieve a goal
Qua rào, vỗ về
To flatter or try to win someone over after having wronged them
Qua sông có đò
There's always a way to overcome difficulties
Qua sông hết bến
To have overcome difficulties
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