tham thì thâm
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally “if you’re greedy, you’ll get bruises” or “gluttons get bruises”. In this case, the word thâm (“bruise”), which is phonetically similar to tham (“greedy”), stands for “one’s downfall”.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˧˧ tʰi˨˩ tʰəm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˧˧ tʰɪj˦˩ tʰəm˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˧˧ tʰɪj˨˩ tʰəm˧˧]