buôn dưa lê
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
buôn + dưa lê, literally “to wholesale honeydew melons”. Alternatively, buôn + dưa + lê (“to wholesale melons and pears”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓuən˧˧ zɨə˧˧ le˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧ jɨə˧˧ lej˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧ jɨə˧˧ lej˧˧]
Verb[edit]
- (figurative, idiomatic, colloquial) to shoot the breeze; to chew the fat; to gossip