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ngoan ngoãn; lanh lợi; dễ thương; khéo léo

to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)

to show off one's cleverness; (of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to have been hard done by

to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom); once bitten, twice shy

(of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie

goodness gracious!; oh my lord!

well-behaved girl; good girl

good little boy (or girl)

peculiar; eccentric

recalcitrant; unreasonable; peevish

stubborn; contrary; disobedient

perverse (behavior); disagreeable (character)

to part; to separate; to deviate

perceptive; alert; clever; shrewd

ridiculous; abnormal

stubborn; contrary; disobedient

obedient (colloquial)

(coll.) to speak in a clever and lovable way

to learn one's lesson the hard way

to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise; to claim to be hard done by, even though one has benefited