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Vietnamese
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lên voi xuống chó (“ climb on elephants; stoop to dogs' level; from riches to rags”)
ăn cháo đá bát (“to have all the rice congee and then kick the bowl; to be despicably ungrateful”)
trời đánh tránh bữa ăn (“even the lord never pours his wrath upon thee at mealtimes; don't make a fuss at mealtimes and make everyone lose appetite”)
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Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 成語 (“set phrase”).
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier câu) thành ngữ
- an idiom (language)
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