táng tận lương tâm

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 喪盡 and 良心.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taːŋ˧˦ tən˧˨ʔ lɨəŋ˧˧ təm˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [taːŋ˦˧˥ təŋ˨˩ʔ lɨəŋ˧˧ təm˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [taːŋ˦˥ təŋ˨˩˨ lɨəŋ˧˧ təm˧˧]

Verb

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táng tận lương tâm

  1. (idiomatic) to be cruel; to have no conscience