Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

giai tứ chiếng, gái giang hồ

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Meaning · English

A man of the four garrisons, a woman of rivers and lakes — the matched pair of drifters.

Literally: lad of the garrisons, lass of the waterways

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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “giai tứ chiếng, gái giang hồ” mean?

A man of the four garrisons, a woman of rivers and lakes — the matched pair of drifters. Literally: lad of the garrisons, lass of the waterways

Is “giai tứ chiếng, gái giang hồ” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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