giai thì loạn, gái thì bình
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Meaning · English
Men cause trouble, women bring peace
Literally: men then chaos, women then peace
Examples
Giai thì loạn, gái thì bình, đó là câu nói của bà tôiMen cause trouble, women bring peace, that's what my grandmother said
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Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “giai thì loạn, gái thì bình” mean?
Men cause trouble, women bring peace Literally: men then chaos, women then peace
Is “giai thì loạn, gái thì bình” formal or informal?
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