nổi cơn tam bành
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]nổi + cơn + tam bành, the last element being a Sino-Vietnamese word from 三彭, referring to the Three Corpses (three supernatural parasites living inside the human body) in Taoism.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [noj˧˩ kəːn˧˧ taːm˧˧ ʔɓajŋ̟˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [noj˧˨ kəːŋ˧˧ taːm˧˧ ʔɓɛɲ˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [noj˨˩˦ kəːŋ˧˧ taːm˧˧ ʔɓan˨˩]
Verb
[edit]- (idiomatic, figurative) to boil over with anger; to fly into a rage