đánh trống lảng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗajŋ̟˧˦ t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˦ laːŋ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛɲ˦˧˥ ʈəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ laːŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗan˦˥ ʈəwŋ͡m˦˥ laːŋ˨˩˦]

Verb

đánh trống lảng

1. (literally) to drum the beats of digression
2. (idiomatic) for someone, to change the subject of a conversation when they don't really want to talk about it