oan gia ngõ hẹp

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 冤家路窄 (yuānjiālùzhǎi).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔwaːn˧˧ zaː˧˧ ŋɔ˦ˀ˥ hɛp̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔwaːŋ˧˧ jaː˧˧ ŋɔ˧˨ hɛp̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [(ʔ)waːŋ˧˧ jaː˧˧ ŋɔ˨˩˦ hɛp̚˨˩˨]

Idiom

oan gia ngõ hẹp

  1. (literal) foes in a narrow alleyway.
  2. (figurative) much as one wants to, one cannot avoid one's foe.
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