dung túng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tʊwŋ͡m˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tʊwŋ͡m˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tʊwŋ͡m˦˥]

Verb

dung túng

  1. to turn a blind eye
    • 2016, chapter 4, in Nguyễn Đức Vịnh, transl., Đừng nói chuyện với cô ấy, part I, NXB Phụ Nữ, translation of 别和她说话 by Yù Jǐn (Ngộ Cẩn):
      Mẹ kế cô ta rất xấu tính, thường xuyên đánh mắng cô ta, cha cô ta thì lại dung túng vợ, chẳng bao giờ chịu bảo vệ con gái.
      Her stepmother was very mean and often beat and scolded her, and her father let his wife do and never protected his daughter.
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