ăn lông ở lỗ

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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ăn (to eat) +‎ lông (hair, fur) +‎ (to stay, to live) +‎ lỗ (hole).

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔan˧˧ ləwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔəː˧˩ lo˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ ləwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔəː˧˨ low˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ ləwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔəː˨˩˦ low˨˩˦]

Verb

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ăn lông lỗ

  1. (idiomatic) to live as if one is a prehistoric man