quỉ quấy nhà chay
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Meaning · English
Trouble always occurs when things are going smoothly
Literally: devil disturbs the vegetarian house
Examples
Công ty đang phát triển tốt thì bất ngờ quỉ quấy nhà chay, gặp phải vấn đề tài chínhThe company was developing well then quỉ quấy nhà chay, encountered financial problems
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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 “quỉ quấy nhà chay” mean?
Trouble always occurs when things are going smoothly Literally: devil disturbs the vegetarian house
Is “quỉ quấy nhà chay” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.