anh chột làm vua xứ mù

Vietnamese

Etymology

From anh (“young adult man”) +‎ chột (“blind in one eye”) +‎ làm (“to be”) +‎ vua (“king”) +‎ xứ (“land”) +‎ mù (“blind”). Literally, “a one-eyed man being the king of a blind land”.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔajŋ̟˧˧ t͡ɕot̚˧˨ʔ laːm˨˩ vuə˧˧ sɨ˧˦ mu˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛɲ˧˧ t͡ɕok̚˨˩ʔ laːm˦˩ vuə˧˧ sɨ˨˩˦ mʊw˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔan˧˧ cok̚˨˩˨ laːm˨˩ vuə˧˧ sɨ˦˥ mʊw˨˩] ~ [ʔan˧˧ cok̚˨˩˨ laːm˨˩ juə˧˧ sɨ˦˥ mʊw˨˩]

Phrase

anh chột làm vua xứ mù

  1. (idiomatic) a mediocre person without any special qualities who stands out only because they are surrounded by people worse than them; big fish in a small pond
    Synonym: thằng chột làm vua xứ mù
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