quân tử gian nan, hồng nhan bạc mệnh
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Meaning · English
The gentleman meets hardship as the beauty meets a thin fate — excellence of either kind is billed for in suffering.
Literally: gentleman: adversity; rosy cheeks: thin fate
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “quân tử gian nan, hồng nhan bạc mệnh” mean?
The gentleman meets hardship as the beauty meets a thin fate — excellence of either kind is billed for in suffering. Literally: gentleman: adversity; rosy cheeks: thin fate
Is “quân tử gian nan, hồng nhan bạc mệnh” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.