vịt trời

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Vietnamese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

vịt (duck) +‎ trời (sky; wild of birds), literally "wild duck". Compare Chinese (tiān, sky) as in 天鵝天鹅 (thiên nga, swan, literally sky goose).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(classifier con) vịt trời

  1. a wigeon
  2. (humorous or disapproving) a daughter, with implied disappointment in the fact that she's a girl, or that she might have stereotypically disapproved feminine qualities such as nagging or loquacity
    Nhà tôi có năm con vịt trời.
    Oh boy, I've got five little princesses.

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