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Vietnamese
Etymology
The notion of "a hundred families" is likely from Chinese 百姓 (bá tánh, bách tính). Compare the words for "hundred" in expressions such as bách thú (“all animals”, literally “a hundred beasts”), Bách Việt (“the Yue tribes”, literally “a hundred Yue”), trăm trận trăm thắng/bách chiến bách thắng (“matchless; unrivaled”, literally “a hundred battles, a hundred victories”).
Pronunciation
Verb
làm dâu trăm họ
- (literal) to be the daughter-in-law of a hundred/many/all families
- (figurative) to be duty-bound to please/appeal to/appease everyone
Làm marketing là làm dâu trăm họ, em ạ.- Working in marketing means having to please everyone, honey.