bĩ cực thái lai

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 否極泰來.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓi˦ˀ˥ kɨk̚˧˨ʔ tʰaːj˧˦ laːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɪj˧˨ kɨk̚˨˩ʔ tʰaːj˨˩˦ laːj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɪj˨˩˦ kɨk̚˨˩˨ tʰaːj˦˥ laːj˧˧]

Idiom

bĩ cực thái lai

1. it is always darkest before the dawn
2. just wait; bad luck will end for good luck to return