anh hùng mạt lộ

Vietnamese

Etymology

From anh hùng (“hero”) +‎ mạt (“end”) +‎ lộ (“path”). Literally, “a hero at the end of the road”.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔajŋ̟˧˧ hʊwŋ͡m˨˩ maːt̚˧˨ʔ lo˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛɲ˧˧ hʊwŋ͡m˦˩ maːk̚˨˩ʔ low˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔan˧˧ hʊwŋ͡m˨˩ maːk̚˨˩˨ low˨˩˨]

Idiom

anh hùng mạt lộ

  1. a talented person with big ambitions, stuck in a hopeless situation and unable to escape
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