a dua

See also: adua, Adua, and ádua

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 阿諛 (“to flatter; to butter up”, SV: a du).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ zuə˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ juə˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ juə˧˧]

    Verb

    a dua • (阿諛)

    1. to ape; to blindly imitate (something bad or wrong from others)
      Synonyms: hùa, vào hùa
      • Analects, XIII.23; 1972, Vietnamese translation & annotations by Nguyễn Hiến Lê
        - Khổng tử nói: “Người quân tử hoà hợp nhưng không a dua, kẻ tiểu nhân a dua mà không hoà hợp.”
        Confucius said: “The noble person acts harmoniously yet is not conformist; the petty person is conformist yet does not act harmoniously.”
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