không có lửa làm sao có khói

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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không có (without) +‎ lửa (fire) +‎ làm sao (how) +‎ (there is) +‎ khói (smoke)

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ kɔ˧˦ lɨə˧˩ laːm˨˩ saːw˧˧ kɔ˧˦ xɔj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ kɔ˨˩˦ lɨə˧˨ laːm˦˩ ʂaːw˧˧ kɔ˨˩˦ kʰɔj˨˩˦] ~ [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ kɔ˨˩˦ lɨə˧˨ laːm˦˩ saːw˧˧ kɔ˨˩˦ xɔj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ kɔ˦˥ lɨə˨˩˦ laːm˨˩ ʂaːw˧˧ kɔ˦˥ kʰɔj˦˥] ~ [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ kɔ˦˥ lɨə˨˩˦ laːm˨˩ saːw˧˧ kɔ˦˥ xɔj˦˥]

Phrase

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không lửa làm sao khói

  1. (literally) without fire, how is there smoke?
  2. (figuratively) there's no smoke without fire