thành ngữ

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Vietnamese

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Examples

lên voi xuống chó ([once got to] climb on elephants; [now have to] stoop to dogs' level; from riches to rags)
ăn cháo đá bát (to have all the rice congee and then kick the bowl; to be despicably ungrateful)
trời đánh tránh bữa ăn (even the lord never pours his wrath upon thee at mealtimes; don't make a fuss at mealtimes and make everyone lose appetite)

Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 成語 (set phrase).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier câu) thành ngữ

  1. an idiom (language)

See also

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