câu cửa miệng
Vietnamese
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editEtymology
editcâu (“sentence”) + cửa (“door”) + miệng (“mouth”), implying that such sentences or phrases start "from the opening of the mouth", and don't have much thought put into them.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəw˧˧ kɨə˧˩ miəŋ˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəw˧˧ kɨə˧˨ miəŋ˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəw˧˧ kɨə˨˩˦ miəŋ˨˩˨]
Noun
edit- colloquialisms or colloquial collocations
- (derogatory) colloquialisms or slang that are thought of as unrefined or thoughtless