táng tận lương tâm

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 喪盡 and 良心.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˧˦ tən˧˨ʔ lɨəŋ˧˧ təm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˦˧˥ təŋ˨˩ʔ lɨəŋ˧˧ təm˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˦˥ təŋ˨˩˨ lɨəŋ˧˧ təm˧˧]

Verb edit

táng tận lương tâm

(idiomatic) to be cruel; to have no conscience

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