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Zhuang
Etymology
Literally "to force a cat to eat vinegar".
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ʔeːp˧˥ meːu˧˩ kɯn˨˦ mei˧˥/
- Tone numbers: ep7 meu2 gwn1 mei5
- Hyphenation: ep‧meuz‧gwn‧meiq
Verb
ep meuz gwn meiq (1957–1982 spelling ep meuƨ gɯn meiƽ)
- (idiomatic) to try to make somebody do something which they will not or cannot do
References
- Somsonge Burusphat, Qin Xiaohang (2009) “Syntactic patterns of Zhuang idioms”, in Manusya, Journal of Humanities, number 17 (special), pages 45–57