lí do lí trấu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Intensifying "reduplication" of lí do (“reason; excuse”), based on tro trấu (“ash from burning rice hulls”, used in agriculture) and gio (eye dialect spelling of tro, pronounced identically to do).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [li˧˦ zɔ˧˧ li˧˦ t͡ɕəw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɪj˨˩˦ jɔ˧˧ lɪj˨˩˦ ʈəw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɪj˦˥ jɔ˧˧ lɪj˦˥ ʈəw˦˥]

Noun

lí do lí trấu

1. flimsy excuses

Verb

lí do lí trấu

1. to use flimsy excuses