nổi cơn tam bành

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

• (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

nổi cơn tam bành

1. (idiomatic, figurative) to boil over with anger; to fly into a rage