quân tử nhất ngôn

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 君子 (superior person) and 一言 (to speak once).

From Analects:

子-貢:「君子一言以為一言以為不知不可不慎。……」 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]
Tử Cống viết: “Quân tử nhất ngôn dĩ vi trí, nhất ngôn dĩ vi bất trí, ngôn bất khả bất thận dã. [...]” [Sino-Vietnamese]
Zi Gong said: "The superior person, by speaking once, is taken as wise; by speaking once is taken as unwise; one cannot afford to speak carelessly. [...]"

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quân tử nhất ngôn

  1. (rare, usually humorous) I give you my word; you have my word