quân bất hí ngôn
/kwən˧˧ ʔɓət̚˧˦ hi˧˦ ŋon˧˧/
VIETNAMCA → TR
Tanım
•A monarch should not say anything in jest · A person in power should not say anything in jest and not in earnest
Etimoloji
Sino-Vietnamese word from 君 (“monarch”), 不 (“not”) and 戲言 (“to joke, to jest, to say something playfully and not in earnest”). See its alternative form "quân vô hí ngôn" for etymology.