a dua

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 阿諛 (“to flatter; to butter up”, SV: a du).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ zuə˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ juə˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ juə˧˧]

Verb

a dua

to ape; to blindly imitate (something bad or wrong from others)
Synonym: hùa

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