quan muốn sang, nhà hàng muốn đắt
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Meaning · English
Everyone has their own ambitions and desires
Literally: officials want promotion, shop owners want to be prosperous
Examples
Mỗi người đều có mục tiêu riêng, quan muốn sang, nhà hàng muốn đắtEveryone has their own goals, officials want promotion, shop owners want to be prosperous
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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 “quan muốn sang, nhà hàng muốn đắt” mean?
Everyone has their own ambitions and desires Literally: officials want promotion, shop owners want to be prosperous
Is “quan muốn sang, nhà hàng muốn đắt” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.