lọt vào mắt xanh
Vietnamese
Etymology
lọt (“to fall through, to pass through”) + vào (“into”) + mắt xanh (“the iris (the colored part of the eye)”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lɔt̚˧˨ʔ vaːw˨˩ mat̚˧˦ sajŋ̟˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [lɔk̚˨˩ʔ vaːw˦˩ mak̚˦˧˥ sɛɲ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [lɔk̚˨˩˨ vaːw˨˩ mak̚˦˥ san˧˧] ~ [lɔk̚˨˩˨ jaːw˨˩ mak̚˦˥ san˧˧]
Verb
- (idiomatic) to strike someone's fancy