thỏ đế

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps a jocular pseudo-Sino-Vietnamese coinage, from a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 兔帝 (rabbit emperor, SV: thố đế), from the notion of nhát như thỏ (as cowardly as a rabbit).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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thỏ đế

  1. a scaredy-cat; a chicken