mất công
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
mất (“to lose”) + công (“work, labor”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mət̚˧˦ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mək̚˦˧˥ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [mək̚˦˥ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
Verb edit
- (colloquial) to put one's effort (into something that turns out to useless or not needed)
- Tối qua mất công cày bài cả đêm mà sáng ra đề dễ ẹt.
- Man, last night I put all my effort into studying but (it turned out that) the test this morning was piss easy.
Adjective edit
- (colloquial) useless
- chuyện mất công ― useless things, useless affairs.
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