đòn bẩy

Vietnamese

Etymology

đòn +‎ bẩy.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔn˨˩ ʔɓəj˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔŋ˦˩ ʔɓəj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔŋ˨˩ ʔɓəj˨˩˦]

Noun

đòn bẩy

  1. (mechanics) lever
  2. (literature) rhetorical device, for setting up a potential juxtaposition to emphasize a particular figure
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