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ăn phở

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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ăn (to eat) +‎ phở (pho).

Sense 2 stems from the belief that rice (cơm) is a primary meal, while noodles (phở) are something else or “on the side”.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ăn phở

  1. (literally) to eat pho (Vietnamese noodle soup)
  2. (figurative, colloquial, usually of a man) to have an affair
    Antonym: ăn cơm