được voi đòi tiên

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨək̚˧˨ʔ vɔj˧˧ ʔɗɔj˨˩ tiən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨək̚˨˩ʔ vɔj˧˧ ʔɗɔj˦˩ tiəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨək̚˨˩˨ vɔj˧˧ ʔɗɔj˨˩ tiəŋ˧˧] ~ [ʔɗɨək̚˨˩˨ jɔj˧˧ ʔɗɔj˨˩ tiəŋ˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)

Verb

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được voi đòi tiên

  1. (literal) to get an elephant and then ask for fairies
  2. (figurative) to be greedy or entitled and ask much more than deserved
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