táng tận lương tâm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 喪盡 and 良心.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˧˦ tən˧˨ʔ lɨəŋ˧˧ təm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˦˧˥ təŋ˨˩ʔ lɨəŋ˧˧ təm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˦˥ təŋ˨˩˨ lɨəŋ˧˧ təm˧˧]

Verb

táng tận lương tâm

1. (idiomatic) to be cruel; to have no conscience