bà Mụ nặn nhầm

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ mu˧˨ʔ nan˧˨ʔ ɲəm˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˦˩ mʊw˨˩ʔ naŋ˨˩ʔ ɲəm˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ mʊw˨˩˨ naŋ˨˩˨ ɲəm˨˩]

Phrase

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bà Mụ nặn nhầm

  1. (literal) something must have gone wrong when the Midwife got this child out of their mother
  2. (figurative) the child in question is too boyish for a girl or too girlish for a boy