tiền mất tật mang

Vietnamese

Etymology

Literally, "money wasted, illness gotten".

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiən˨˩ mət̚˧˦ tət̚˧˨ʔ maːŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tiəŋ˦˩ mək̚˦˧˥ tək̚˨˩ʔ maːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tiəŋ˨˩ mək̚˦˥ tək̚˨˩˨ maːŋ˧˧]

Idiom

tiền mất tật mang

1. wasting money in something potentially devious in hope of a return but only ends up in a worse off state