tʰəː˨˩ʔ] (Saigon) IPA(key): [muə˦˥ ɹiw˨˩ waː˧˧ mak̚˦˥ tʰəː˨˩˨] múa <span class="searchmatch">rìu</span> <span class="searchmatch">qua</span> <span class="searchmatch">mắt</span> <span class="searchmatch">thợ</span> (literal) to show off your axe skills to an axe expert (figurative)...
[ʐiw˦˩] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹiw˨˩] Homophone: dìu (northern Vietnam) (classifier cây, cái) <span class="searchmatch">rìu</span> • (𠠙, 𤖡, 𫿿) an axe (tool) búa <span class="searchmatch">rìu</span> <span class="searchmatch">múa</span> <span class="searchmatch">rìu</span> <span class="searchmatch">qua</span> <span class="searchmatch">mắt</span> <span class="searchmatch">thợ</span>...
to do things 孔夫子門前賣文章／孔夫子门前卖文章 關公面前耍大刀／关公面前耍大刀 (Guāngōng miànqián shuǎ dàdāo) (Hokkien) 關帝爺面前舞關刀／关帝爷面前舞关刀 → Vietnamese: <span class="searchmatch">múa</span> <span class="searchmatch">rìu</span> <span class="searchmatch">qua</span> <span class="searchmatch">mắt</span> <span class="searchmatch">thợ</span> (calque)...
tere satmak (tr) (literally “to sell cress to the cress vendor”) Vietnamese: <span class="searchmatch">múa</span> <span class="searchmatch">rìu</span> <span class="searchmatch">qua</span> <span class="searchmatch">mắt</span> <span class="searchmatch">thợ</span> (vi) (literally “to wave one's axe before an axeman”)...