đực rựa

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Particularly: “From đực (male) +‎ rựa (bush knife)? What is the semantic connection here?”

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Noun

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đực rựa

  1. (colloquial, informal) boys
    Cái lớp này toàn đực rựa, chẳng có đứa con gái nào.
    There are only boys in this class, not even a single girl.