vịt trời

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

vịt (“duck”) +‎ trời (“sky; wild of birds”), literally "wild duck". Compare Chinese 天 (tiān, “sky”) as in 天鵝 / 天鹅 (thiên nga, “swan”, literally “sky goose”).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) vịt trời

  1. a wigeon
  2. (humorous or disapproving) a daughter, with implied disappointment in the fact that she's a girl, or that she might have stereotypically disapproved feminine qualities such as nagging or loquacity
    Nhà tôi có năm con vịt trời.
    Oh boy, I've got five little princesses.

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