ep meuz gwn meiq

Zhuang

Etymology

Literally "to force a cat to eat vinegar".

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ʔeːp˧˥ meːu˧˩ kɯn˨˦ mei˧˥/
  • Tone numbers: eb7 meu2 gwn1 mei5
  • Hyphenation: ep ‧meuz ‧gwn ‧meiq

Verb

ep meuz gwn meiq (1957–1982 spelling ep meuƨ gɯn meiƽ)

  1. (idiomatic) to try to make somebody do something which they will not or cannot do

References

  • Somsonge Burusphat; Qin Xiaohang (2009), “Syntactic patterns of Zhuang idioms”, in Manusya, Journal of Humanities‎[1], number 17 (special), pages 45–57
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