chân mây cuối trời

Vietnamese

Etymology

1820, Nguyễn Du, Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], published 1870, lines 545-546:

𱠳(Gìn)鐄(vàng)𫳘(giữ)玉(ngọc)朱(cho)𫨩(hay)
朱(Cho)停(đành)𢚸(lòng)几(kẻ)蹎(chân)𩄲(mây)𡳳(cuối)𡗶(trời)

Oh my darling! Take care of your precious gold[en] and jade[-like] person so as to assure the heart of him who will be leaving as far as the feet of the forlorn clouds, at the end of the sky!

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕən˧˧ məj˧˧ kuəj˧˦ t͡ɕəːj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəŋ˧˧ məj˧˧ kuj˨˩˦ ʈəːj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cəŋ˧˧ məj˧˧ kuj˦˥ ʈəːj˨˩]

Adjective

chân mây cuối trời

1. (idiomatic) far-flung, faraway, distant, remote

   Synonym: chân trời góc bể