nợ máu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compound of nợ (“debt”) +‎ máu (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nəː˧˨ʔ maw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nəː˨˩ʔ maw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nəː˨˩˨ ma(ː)w˦˥]

Noun

nợ máu

1. (politics) atrocity crimes committed by Vietnamese who served anti-communist forces against communist revolutionaries and their sympathizer population during the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War

   Phải tra khảo lý lịch xem có ai trong nhà nó có nợ máu với cách mạng không thì mới xét đến việc thi sĩ quan.

   His family background must be thoroughly vetted to determine whether anyone in his family has a history of having shed the blood of revolutionaries before he can even be considered for officer training.