nổi cơn tam bành
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
nổi + cơn + tam bành, the last element being a Sino-Vietnamese word from 三彭, referring to the Three Corpses (three supernatural parasites living inside the human body) in Taoism.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [noj˧˩ kəːn˧˧ taːm˧˧ ʔɓajŋ̟˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [noj˧˨ kəːŋ˧˧ taːm˧˧ ʔɓɛɲ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [noj˨˩˦ kəːŋ˧˧ taːm˧˧ ʔɓan˨˩]
Verb edit
- (idiomatic, figurative) to boil over with anger; to fly into a rage