nên thân

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nen˧˧ tʰən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [nen˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [nəːn˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧]

Verb

nên thân

  1. (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to get something (simple) worked out
    Quét cái nhà thôi mà cũng không nên thân ― It's such a simple task as sweeping your house but you didn't even work it out.
  2. to be on a par with one's wrongness
    Synonym: đích đáng
    Trận đòn cứ phải nên thân như thế thì sau nó mới chừa được ― The child wouldn't take a turn for the worse ever since they got a whipping as rightful as that.
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