tham thì thâm
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Literally “if you’re greedy, you’ll get bruises” or “gluttons get bruises”. In this case, the word thâm (“bruise”), which is phonetically similar to tham (“greedy”), stands for “one’s downfall”.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˧˧ tʰi˨˩ tʰəm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˧˧ tʰɪj˦˩ tʰəm˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˧˧ tʰɪj˨˩ tʰəm˧˧]