y cẩm dạ hành
Brocade worn walking at night — glory paraded where no eye can price it.
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Where will you be? Anywhere Hà Nội & the NorthHuế / Đà Nẵng & the CenterSài Gòn & the SouthOnline slang Bắc ↔ Nam words
y cẩm hồi hương
Returning home in brocade — coming back to one's village crowned with success.
y dã ý dã
Medicine is intention — the physician's charter to adapt, never to practice by rote.
y dạng họa hồ lô
Painting the gourd from the model — imitation tracing the outline it was given.
y năng sát nhơn, dược năng cứu nhơn
Doctors can kill as medicine can save — the drug heaven made, the hand can still misuse.
yang lake
Yang lake — bilingual pun on 'giang hồ' (yang ~ giang, lake ~ hồ): a wannabe gangster, said with a smirk.
ykr
Texting shortcut for “ý kiến riêng” — just my personal opinion (IMO).
yêu ai thì bốc lên giời, ghét ai thì dìm xuống đất
Loved, hoisted to heaven; hated, pressed into the earth — appraisal by affection, calibrated in altitude.
yêu cho đòn, ghét cho ăn
Love gives the rod, hate gives the treats — the old inversion: discipline is care, indulgence is neglect.
yêu hoa vin cành
Loving the flower, grip its branch — affection that takes hold of what holds the beloved.
yêu nhau cau bảy bổ ba, ghét nhau cau sáu bổ ra làm mười
In love, seven arecas split into three; in hate, six split into ten — generosity and spite, measured in betel.
yêu nhau cau sáu bổ ba, ghét nhau cau sáu bổ ra làm mười
In love, a six-slice areca nut is cut in three; in spite, the same nut is cut in ten — affection makes portions generous and grudges make them stingy: how you divide shows how you feel.
yêu nhau chị em gái, rái nhau chị em dâu
Sisters love; sisters-in-law bristle — the same house, two chemistries.
yêu nhau cởi áo trao nhau, về nhà mẹ hỏi, qua cầu gió bay
In love we swapped shirts — home, mother asks: crossing the bridge, the wind took it — the beloved lie of young lovers.
yêu nhau củ ấu cũng tròn, ghét nhau thì củ bồ hòn cũng vuông
In love the spiny caltrop is round; in hate the soap-nut is square — affection redraws geometry itself.
yêu nhau lắm cắn nhau đau
The deeper the love, the sharper the bite — passion keeps teeth.
yêu nhau mấy núi cũng trèo, mấy sông cũng lội, mấy đèo cũng qua
In love, any mountain can be climbed, any river forded, any pass crossed — the anthem of determined lovers.
yêu nhau yêu cả đường đi, ghét nhau ghét cả tông chi họ hàng
Love someone and you love their very road; hate someone and you hate their whole clan — feeling annexes everything adjacent.
yêu nhiều thì ốm, ôm nhiều thì yếu
love a lot and you will get sick, hug a lot and you will get weak (alluding to STD and impotence due to overindulgence)
yêu nên tốt, ghét nên xấu
Loved, all virtues; hated, all faults — affection edits the evidence.
yêu trẻ trẻ đến nhà
Love children and children fill your house — affection is the best-attended address.
yến tước khởi tri hồng hộc chí
Do swallows and sparrows know the swan's ambition — small wings can't read a great bird's flight plan.
yếu như sên
Weak as a snail — strength in homeopathic doses.
yểu điệu thục nữ
A graceful, gentle maiden — demure elegance in the classical mold.
ý hạp tâm đầu
Minds meeting and hearts agreeing — perfectly matched in temper and intent.
ý nhạc tâm tình
Music's thought, heart's feeling — melody and emotion moving as one.
ỷ thế ỷ thần
Leaning on power, leaning on spirits — patronage temporal or supernatural, so long as it's someone else's strength.
ỷm cựu nghinh tân
Tiring of the old to greet the new — appetite's endless trade-in.
Y bất như tân, nhân bất như cố
Clothes are not like new ones, people are not like old ones
Y bệnh, bất y mệnh
Accept the disease but not the fate
Y cẩm hoàn hương
Returning home with a sense of fulfillment
Y cẩm thương quynh, ám thiên nhật chương
Fragrant flowers have thorns, good things have drawbacks
y hoá học
Vietnamese phrase; English definition pending editorial review.
Y phục xứng kì đức
One's appearance reflects their character
y tá trưởng
Vietnamese phrase; English definition pending editorial review.
y vật lí
physical object or thing
Yên Dương, Kim Thành, Từ Liêm, Bạch Hạc đều là tên phủ huyện cũ
Every place has its own unique history
Yên Hồng nay thuộc huyện Yên Dũng, xưa có nghề hàng xáo
A place with a former prosperous industry or business now in decline
Yên phận thủ thường
Be content with one's situation and maintain a simple life
Yên Phụ đất bụi người tiên, đi cấy không tiền, đi gặt không công
A place with no benefits or rewards
Yên Thế ở tỉnh Bắc Giang, Nội Duệ ở tỉnh Bắc Ninh
A person's reputation is closely tied to their hometown
Yêu ai thì bốc lên trời, ghét ai thì dìm xuống đất
To excessively praise or criticize someone based on personal feelings
Yêu ai thì nói quá ưa, ghét ai nói thiếu nói thừa như không
Speak excessively of those you love, and belittle or ignore those you hate
Yêu ai yêu cả đường đi, ghét ai ghét cả tông chỉ họ hàng
Love someone and you love everything about them, hate someone and you hate everything about them
Yêu anh hàng thịt, thích chị hàng xôi, đập bát đập nồi đuổi cô hàng bún
to be ungrateful and mistreat those who have helped you
Yêu anh hàng thịt, thít chị hàng xôi, đập bát đập nồi đuổi cô hàng bún
Love the butcher, hate the pork seller, but still buy from them
Yêu chia tiền chia thóc, không yêu cắm cọc rào sân
When in a relationship, share everything, but when it's over, separate completely
Yêu cho nhau ăn cháy, ghét chửi nhau cạy nồi
Love and hate are intense and all-consuming
Yêu cho roi cho vọt ghét cho ngọt cho bùi
Love and hate are intense and overwhelming emotions
Yêu cho roi vọt, ghét cho ngọt bùi
Love and hate are intense emotions
Yêu cho vọt, ghét cho chơi
Love wholeheartedly, hate completely
Yêu cho ăn cháy, ghét cho cạy nổi
Love and hate are intense emotions
Yêu cho đòn, ghét cho chơi
Love and hate are two sides of the same coin
Yêu chó, chó liếm mặt
To be fond of someone who takes advantage of you
Yêu con cho roi cho vọt, ghét con cho ngọt cho bùi
Love and discipline are both necessary for a child's growth
Yêu con cho vọt vào lưng
To spoil one's child excessively
Yêu con chị vì con em
Love someone's child because of one's love for the parent
Yêu con chị vị con em
Love others' children as one's own
yêu con chị, vị con em
Love your sister's child as your own
Yêu con cậu, mới đậu con mình
Love others' children before your own
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