hoạ vô đơn chí

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 禍無單至. Compare 禍不單行 / 祸不单行 (huòbùdānxíng).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hwaː˧˨ʔ vo˧˧ ʔɗəːn˧˧ t͡ɕi˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hwaː˨˩ʔ vow˧˧ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ t͡ɕɪj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [waː˨˩˨ vow˧˧ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ cɪj˦˥] ~ [waː˨˩˨ jow˧˧ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ cɪj˦˥]

Idiom

hoạ vô đơn chí

  1. misfortunes never come singly; it never rains but it pours
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