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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 國君 (“monarch, ruler”).
Pronunciation
Noun
quốc quân
- (rare) monarch, ruler
- Synonyms: vua, quân chủ, quân vương
- Zuo Zhuan; 2018, Vietnamese translation by Huỳnh Chương Hưng[1]
- Tiểu nhân còn mẹ già, những thứ ở nhà bà đều đã ăn qua, chỉ chưa nếm được những món ngon của quốc quân. Nay xin quốc quân cho phép tiểu nhân đem những miếng thịt này về nhà cho mẹ.
- I, the low-born one, still have an elderly mother; she has tasted every kind of foods at home, yet she has never tasted delicacies belonging to you, my ruler. Now I beg you, my ruler, to allow the low-born me to bring these pieces of meat home to my mother.
- Wang Su (compiler & editor), School Sayings of Confucius, Ch. 15; 2020 Vietnamese translation by Huỳnh Chương Hưng[2]
- “Ta nghe nói bậc quân tử phải có công mới có thể nhận ban thưởng. Nay ta bàn với quốc quân nước Tề về đạo trị nước, ông ta vẫn chưa thi hành mà đã ban cho ta thực ấp, quả là không hiểu ta vậy.”
- “I have heard that gentlemen should have done meritorious acts before accepting rewards. Just now I have discussed with the ruler of Qi about the way to govern a country, he has not done yet has already granted me a fief; indeed, he does not understand me.”
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