ngựa quen đường cũ
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editLiterally “the horse goes on its familiar path”. Calque of Chinese 老馬識途/老马识途 (lão mã thức đồ), but the semantics has changed.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋɨə˧˨ʔ kwɛn˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ ku˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋɨə˨˩ʔ kwɛŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩ kʊw˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋɨə˨˩˨ wɛŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ kʊw˨˩˦]