chân nam đá chân xiêu
misconstruction of chân đăm đá chân chiêu
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chân trời góc bể
(noun) far-flung, faraway, distant, remote place
chân đăm đá chân chiêu
walking very unstably; drunk as a lord
chân đất mắt toét
Bare feet and bleary eyes — dirt-poor and country-raw.
châu chấu thấy sáng đèn
A grasshopper at the lamp flame — dazzled by glitter, blind to the burning.
châu chấu đá xe
a grasshopper kicking the cart; a weaker side opposing a much stronger side
châu về Hợp Phố
The pearls return to Hợp Phố — what was lost finds its way back to its rightful owner.
châu-chấu đá voi
A grasshopper kicking the elephant — defiance several weight-classes up.
chè ngon khan cổ, thuốc ngon lắm đờm
Fine tea parches the throat, fine tobacco thickens the phlegm — the finest pleasures exact their tax.
chèo non vượt bể
Green oars over open sea — inexperience navigating the largest water.
chèo xuôi mát mái
Rowing with the current, oars at ease — yield to the stream and the passage is smooth.
chém tre không dè đầu mặt
Chopping bamboo without minding the knots — barging ahead with no regard for anyone in the way.
chén chú chén anh
toasting and drinking with each other
chén trong hú chén ngoài
The inner cup hails the outer — one drink summoning the next past all measure.
chích khuyễn phệ Nghiêu
Zhi's dog barking at Emperor Yao — a servant loyal to its own master, however base; barking at the stranger, not the sage.
chín người, mười ý
The more people you include, the more opinions and debates you will have.
chín tháng mười ngày
Nine months and ten days — the traditional count of a full pregnancy; shorthand for everything a mother carries before a child is even born.
chính đại quang minh
Upright and luminous — open and honorable, with nothing to hide.
chó chui gầm chạn
A dog crouching under the dish-cupboard — a man living meekly under his in-laws' roof, stripped of any say.
chó chê mèo lắm lông
the dog calling the cat furry
chó chê mèo mửa
very bad; horrid
chó chẳng chê chủ nghèo
A dog never scorns a poor master — loyalty without a means test.
chó có váy lĩnh
When dogs wear silk skirts — the folk calendar's date for the impossible.
chó cậy gần nhà
The dog is bold near its house — courage indexed to distance from home.
chó cậy gần nhà, gà cậy gần chuồng
The dog is brave near home, the hen near her coop — courage, fully mapped, is geography.
chó cậy nhà, gà cậy vườn
The dog trusts its house, the hen her garden — everyone is bravest on home ground.
chó cắn ma
A dog barking at ghosts — raising alarms in the empty dark.
chó cắn quanh
A dog biting in circles — quarrels that orbit without landing.
chó cứ sủa còn đoàn người cứ đi
the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on
chó ghẻ có mỡ đằng đuôi
Even the mangy dog keeps fat at its tail — the shabbiest estate hides some scrap of worth.
chó giữ xương
A dog guarding its bone — possession with teeth bared.
chó gầy xấu mặt nhà nuôi
A scrawny dog shames the household — the pet's ribs tell on the master's table.
chó hở môi, răng lạnh
When the dog's lip curls back, its teeth go cold — neighbors are lips and teeth: lose one, the other freezes.
chó khô mèo lạc
Dried-out dog, strayed cat — the household in its last mangy decline.
chó ngáp phải ruồi
a dog who gets a fly in its mouth when it's yawning
chó ngồi bàn độc
A dog seated at the altar-table — unworthiness installed in the place of honor.
chó sủa là chó không cắn
Translation and English equivalent: Barking dogs seldom bite.
chó thấy thóc
A dog eyeing paddy — staring blankly at what it cannot eat; a friend gone suddenly cold-faced.
chó ăn vã mắm
Dogs gobbling straight fish-paste — a snarling free-for-all of a quarrel.
chó ăn vụng bột
The dog that raided the flour — guilt worn all over the muzzle.
chó ăn đá gà ăn sỏi
Where dogs eat stones and chickens eat gravel — a barren, punishing place where nothing will grow.
chó đen giữ mực
The black dog guards the ink — set the like to watch the like, and count nothing safe.
chó đá vẫy đuôi
A stone dog wagging its tail — flattery from what shouldn't be able to move.
chó đâu có sủa lỗ không
Dogs don't bark at an empty hole — where there's barking there was something to bark at.
chót lưỡi đầu môi
Tongue-tip and lip-edge — glib words with nothing behind them.
chôn nhau cắt rốn
where one was born; (the place) of one's birth
chùa rách có bụt vàng
A ruined temple can hold a golden Buddha — shabby walls, precious contents.
chú ơi
Calling a man of your parents' generation — the xe ôm uncle, the security guard, the neighbor. Pairs with self-word "con/cháu".
chúa vắng nhà gà mọc đuôi tôm
Master away, the chicken sprouts a shrimp's tail — absence promotes the barnyard instantly.
chúc bạn một ngày vui vẻ nhé!
Have a good day!
chúc mừng năm mới
Happy Lunar New Year!
chúc mừng sinh nhật
happy birthday!
chơi cầu lông hoặc squash
to play badminton or squash
chơi dao, có ngày đứt tay
Play with knives and the day comes you're cut — court danger long enough and it accepts.
chơi hoa cho biết mùi hoa, cầm cân cho biết cân già cân non
Handle the flower to know its scent, hold the scales to know full weight from short — experience is the only teacher.
chơi hết mình
Playing with all you've got — holding nothing back.
chơi tới bến
Partying to the last wharf — going flat-out until there's nowhere further.
chơi xuân kẻo hết xuân đi, cái già lóc thóc nó thì theo sau
Enjoy spring before spring is spent — age comes shuffling right behind.
chơn lòng đỏ da
Bitter medicine ends the illness — cure lives in what's hard to swallow.
chơn trời mặt biển
The sky's rim and the sea's face — distance without end.
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