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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 trai quốc dân
The "nation's big brother" — a male figure the whole internet adopts as its ideal older brother: dependable, warm, universally liked.
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 ơi
Calling a man slightly older than you — waiter, driver, passer-by. The default polite hail toward adult men who aren't elderly.
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.
ao tù nước đục
A stagnant pond of murky water — a system gone still and turbid where nothing can change.
atsm
Texting shortcut for “ảo tưởng sức mạnh” — delusionally overconfident about one’s own abilities.
ba ba ấp bóng
doing something that is futile and pointless
ba bảy hai mươi mốt
Three sevens are twenty-one — saying it both ways at once; arithmetic for the noncommittal.
ba bị chín quai mười hai con mắt
Ba Bị of the nine straps and twelve eyes — the sack-carrying bogeyman parents summon at bedtime.
ba chớp ba nhảng
Careless and inattentive; doing things in a sloppy, half-focused way that invites mistakes.
ba cái
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ba, cái.
ba hoa chích choè
Chattering like a magpie-robin — rattling on about nothing in particular.
ba hoa thiên địa
Blathering heaven-and-earth — bragging on about everything under the sky.
ba la bô lô
Babbling bô-lô-ba-la — rattling on in cheerful, meaningless streams.
ba mươi chưa phải là Tết
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ba mươi, chưa, phải, là, Tết.
ba mươi tuổi, sáu mươi quen
Thirty years old, sixty acquaintances deep — each year of age compounds the ledger of faces.
ba que xỏ lá
cheating and caddish; wicked and malicious; deceitful; roguish
ba thước đất
Three feet of earth — the grave; the one holding everyone is measured for.
ba vua bẩy chúa
Choose the person before consigning the goods — custody follows character.
ba vuông bảy tròn
Three squares and seven rounds — shapely in every regard; complete and without blemish.
ba vuông bẩy tròn
First crime, second debt — the two great millstones of a small life.
ba vạn sáu nghìn ngày là mấy
Thirty-six thousand days — and that's the whole of it; a life counted out loud.
ba vợ bẩy nàng hầu
Three wives and seven concubines — the old polygamous estate at full head-count.
ba đầu sáu tay
Three heads and six arms — powers several men's worth in one body.
ban ngày ban mặt
In broad daylight — openly, where everyone can see; usually said in indignation.
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