quỉ tây quỉ đông
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Meaning · English
Literally: western devil eastern devil
Examples
Anh ấy không học hành, cũng không giúp đỡ gia đình, quỉ tây quỉ đông.He doesn't study, nor does he help his family, neither here nor there.
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 tây quỉ đông” mean?
Neither here nor there Literally: western devil eastern devil
Is “quỉ tây quỉ đông” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.