ep meuz gwn meiq

Zhuang

Etymology

Literally "to force a cat to eat vinegar".

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ʔeːp˧˥ meːu˧˩ kɯn˨˦ mei˧˥/
• Tone numbers: ep⁷ meu² gwn¹ mei⁵
• Hyphenation: ep‧meuz‧gwn‧meiq

Verb

ep meuz gwn meiq (1957–1982 spelling ep meuƨ gɯn meiƽ)

1. (idiomatic) to try to make somebody do something which they will not or cannot do

References

• Somsonge Burusphat, Qin Xiaohang (2009) “Syntactic patterns of Zhuang idioms”, in Manusya, Journal of Humanities‎^[1], number 17 (special), pages 45–57