cho xin hai chữ bình yên
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Also seen as: cho tôi xin hai chữ bình yên · cho em xin hai chữ bình yên · xin hai chữ bình yên
Sense 1
A weary "just give me some peace" — half-plea, half-snark asking someone to stop bothering you; the Vietnamese "give me a break".
Register: informal
Sources & notes
Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); community review pending. source ↗ Headword de-templated + definition rewritten from the en.wiktionary Category:Vietnamese slang (retrieved 2026-08-06) re-diff; definition original.
Sense 2
Register: informal
Examples
Wiktionary example (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “cho xin hai chữ bình yên” mean?
A weary "just give me some peace" — half-plea, half-snark asking someone to stop bothering you; the Vietnamese "give me a break". Literally: please give (me) the two words "peace"
Is “cho xin hai chữ bình yên” formal or informal?
cho xin hai chữ bình yên is generally informal.
What is the closest equivalent?
“give me a break” (English) — near equivalent.