mèo mả gà đồng
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally "graveyard cats and field [i.e. wild] chickens".
gà đồng also means "(edible) frog".
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɛw˨˩ maː˧˩ ɣaː˨˩ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mɛw˦˩ maː˧˨ ɣaː˦˩ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɛw˨˩ maː˨˩˦ ɣaː˨˩ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩]
Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic, derogatory, often used attributive) vagabond; hobo