đồng sàng dị mộng

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 同床異夢.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ saːŋ˨˩ zi˧˨ʔ məwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ ʂaːŋ˦˩ jɪj˨˩ʔ məwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ] ~ [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ saːŋ˦˩ jɪj˨˩ʔ məwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ ʂaːŋ˨˩ jɪj˨˩˨ məwŋ͡m˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ saːŋ˨˩ jɪj˨˩˨ məwŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Phrase

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đồng sàng dị mộng

  1. (literal) same bed, different dreams
  2. (figurative) that people live or work together but have very different interests or agendas