thành ngữ

Vietnamese

Examples

lên voi xuống chó (“[once got to] climb on elephants; [now have to] stoop to dogs' level; from riches to rags”)
ăn cháo đá bát (“to have all the rice congee and then kick the bowl; to be despicably ungrateful”)
trời đánh tránh bữa ăn (“even the lord never pours his wrath upon thee at mealtimes; don't make a fuss at mealtimes and make everyone lose appetite”)

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 成語 (“set phrase”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰajŋ̟˨˩ ŋɨ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɛɲ˦˩ ŋɨ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰan˨˩ ŋɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier câu) thành ngữ

  1. an idiom (language)

See also

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